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Is Kirkland Sparkling Flavored Water Sparking flavored water ultra-processed?

17 fl oz (503 mL) Waters Sold in the United States

Pack of Kirkland Sparkling Flavored Water Sparking flavored water

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed 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, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF NATURAL FLAVORS, malic acid, orange juice, vegetable juice (color), gum arabic, sucralose, beta-carotene (color), green tea leaf, niacinamide, calcium-d-pantothenate, biotin, cyanocobalamin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, glycerol ester of rosin potassium benzoate (preservative), calcium disodium edta (preservative), "

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E212 Potassium benzoate , E296 Malic acid , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E414 Acacia gum , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

CARBONATED WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF NATURAL FLAVORS, MALIC ACID, ORANGE JUICE CONCENTRATE, VEGETABLE JUICE CONCENTRATE (COLOR), GUM ARABIC, SUCRALOSE, BETA-CAROTENE (COLOR), GREEN TEA LEAF EXTRACT, NIACINAMIDE, CALCIUM-D-PANTOTHENATE, BIOTIN, CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, GLYCEROL ESTER OF ROSIN 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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • 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.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 409 waters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 373rd. 62% of the 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 409 waters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0196633850614, last edited 21 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.