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Is Karma Probiotic Water Blueberry Lemonade ultra-processed?

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Pack of Karma Probiotic Water Blueberry Lemonade

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Less processed dietary supplements

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

Spring water, non-gmo digestion resistant maltodextrin (prebiotic), malic acid, citric acid, cane sugar, salt, fruit juice (color), stevia rebaudiana leaf extract, natural flavor, d-alpha tocopherol acetate (vitamin e), d-calcium pantothenate (vitamin b5), niacinamide (vitamin b3), vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), chromium picolinate, cyanocobalamin, probiotic culture (inulin, bacillus coagulans gbi-30 6086)

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Spring water, non-gmo digestion resistant maltodextrin (prebiotic), malic acid, citric acid, cane sugar, salt, fruit juice (color), stevia rebaudiana leaf extract, natural flavor, d-alpha tocopherol acetate (vitamin e), d-calcium pantothenate (vitamin b5), niacinamide (vitamin b3), vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), chromium picolinate, cyanocobalamin (vitamin b12), probiotic culture (organic inulin, bacillus coagulans gbi-30 6086).

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.

  • 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.

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
2 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,145 dietary supplements

From least to most processed, this one ranks 370th. 90% of the dietary supplements 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 1,145 dietary supplements, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0854651003633, last edited 6 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.