Is J20 Orange 4 x 250ml ultra-processed?

4 x 250 ml Still fruit soft drinks Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Fruit juice concentrate
E163 Anthocyanins
E440 Pectins
E955 Sucralose

12 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed still fruit soft drinks

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

Water, Fruit Juices from Concentrate (ultra-processing marker) (Orange 22%, Passion Fruit 3%), Sugar (processing marker), Citric Acid, Pectin (ultra-processing marker), Potassium Sorbate, Anthocyanins (ultra-processing marker), Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Ascorbic Acid, Sucralose (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E163 Anthocyanins , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Water, Fruit Juices from Concentrate (Orange 22%, Passion Fruit 3%), Sugar, Acid (Citric Acid), Stabiliser (Pectin), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate) Colour (Anthocyanins), Flavourings, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Sweetener (Sucralose)

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.

E163 Anthocyanins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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

Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 31 still fruit soft drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 94% of the still fruit soft drinks 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 31 still fruit soft drinks, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010102117860, last edited 14 September 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.