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Is Green Sour Cherry ultra-processed?

330 ml Carbonated fruit soft drink Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Green Sour Cherry

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed carbonated fruit soft drink

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Carbonated Water, Sour Cherry Juice 10% (from concentrated juice), Acid (Citric Acid), Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate), Sweeteners (Steviol Glycosides, Sucralose), Flavourings, colouring concentrate from black carrot juice

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E955 Sucralose , E960 Steviol glycosides

As written on the pack

Carbonated Water, Sour Cherry Juice 10% (from concentrated juice), Acid (Citric Acid), Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate), Sweeteners (Steviol Glycosides, Sucralose), Flavourings, colouring concentrate from black carrot juice.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Sodas Products in the category "Sodas" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 45 carbonated fruit soft drink

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 84% of the carbonated fruit soft drink here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 45 carbonated fruit soft drink, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060499150971, last edited 27 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.