Is Kirkland Signature Sparkling Flavored Water kiwi strawberry ultra-processed?

17 fl oz Flavored waters Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring
E414 Acacia gum
E955 Sucralose

19 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed flavored waters

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, citric acid, kiwi, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), gum arabic (ultra-processing marker), sucralose (ultra-processing marker), vegetable juice (color (ultra-processing marker)), glycerol ester of rosin, green tea leaf, niacinamide, calcium D-pantothenate, biotin, cyanocobalamin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, potassium benzoate (preservative (processing marker)), calcium disodium EDTA (preservative (processing marker))

Additives: E212 Potassium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E414 Acacia gum , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Carbonated water, citric acid, kiwi juice concentrate, natural flavors, gum arabic, sucralose, vegetable juice (color), glycerol ester of rosin, green tea leaf extract, niacinamide, calcium D-pantothenate, biotin, cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12), pyridoxine hydrochloride, potassium benzoate (preservative), calcium disodium EDTA (preservative).

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.

E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
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.

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.

Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 119 flavored waters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 108th. 86% of the flavored waters 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 119 flavored waters, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0196633850621, last edited 22 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.