Is Kirkland Sparkling Orange Mango Carbonated Flavored Water ultra-processed?

17 fl oz Artificially sweetened beverages 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:

Flavouring
E102 Tartrazine
E110 Sunset yellow FCF
E414 Acacia gum
E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin
E955 Sucralose

18 ingredients
7 additives

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Carbonated Water, Contains <2% of Green Tea, vitamins, vitamin D3, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Vitamin B12, Natural Flavors (ultra-processing marker), Sucralose (ultra-processing marker), Citric Acid, Arabic Gum (ultra-processing marker), Ester Gum (ultra-processing marker), Yellow 6 (ultra-processing marker), Yellow 5 (ultra-processing marker), Potassium Benzoate (Preservative (processing marker))

Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E212 Potassium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Carbonated Water, Contains <2% of Green Tea, Vitamin D3, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Vitamin B12, Natural Flavors, Sucralose, Citric Acid, Arabic Gum, Ester Gum, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Potassium Benzoate (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.

E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
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.
E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
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 525 artificially sweetened beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 396th. 98% of the artificially sweetened beverages 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 525 artificially sweetened beverages, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0096619995486, last edited 11 September 2025), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
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