Is ICA Päronsoda ultra-processed?

1,5 l Fruit sodas Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring
E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel

11 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed fruit sodas

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

Kolsyrat vatten, socker (processing marker), surhetsreglerande medel (e330, e331), päronjuice från koncentrat 0.1%, aromer (ultra-processing marker), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker)), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (e150d (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates

As written on the pack

Kolsyrat vatten, socker, surhetsreglerande medel (E330, E331), päronjuice från koncentrat 0,1%, aromer, konserveringsmedel (E202), färgämne (E150d).

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.

E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel Sulphite ammonia caramel is the dark brown colour in colas and many sauces, made by heating sugars with sulphite and ammonia compounds.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

4 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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 99 fruit sodas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 42nd. 91% of the fruit sodas 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 99 fruit sodas, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690159476, last edited 2 April 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.