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Is Kong Strong Colossus Mango Flavour Energy Drink ultra-processed?

500ml Energy drink with sugar Sold in Sweden

Pack of Kong Strong Colossus Mango Flavour Energy Drink

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed energy 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

Vatten, socker, fruktjuice från koncentrat (apelsin, ananas, äpple, druva, passionsfrukt, citron), frukt (mango 2%, aprikos 1%, persika 1%, guava), kolsyra, syror (citronsyra, äppelsyra), taurin 0.4%, surhetsreglerande medel (natriumcitrater), stabiliseringsmedel (+xantangummi), gummi arabicum (akaciagummi), glycerolestrar av trähartser, koffein 0.032%, antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra), sötningsmedel (sukralos), aromer, L-karnitin, inositol, färgämne (karotener), vitaminer (riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E290 Carbon dioxide , E296 Malic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E414 Acacia gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin

As written on the pack

Vatten, socker, fruktjuice från koncentrat (1% apelsin, 1% ananas, 1% äpple, 1% druva, 0,5% passionsfrukt, 0,5 % citron), fruktpuré från koncentrat (2% mango, 1% aprikos, 1% persika, guava), kolsyra, syror (citronsyra, äppelsyra), 0,4% taurin, surhetsreglerande medel (natriumcitrater), stabiliseringsmedel +xantangummi, gummi arabicum (akaciagummi), glycerolestrar av trähartser), 0,032% koffein, antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra), sötningsmedel (sukralos) aromer, L-karnitin, inositol, färgämne (karotener), vitaminer (riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6).

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.
  • E290 Carbon dioxide Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • 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.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • 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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

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.

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 33 energy drink with sugar

From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 97% of the energy drink with sugar 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 33 energy drink with sugar, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20440947, last edited 21 May 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.