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Is Kong Strong Urban Classic Energy Drink Sour Worms Flavor ultra-processed?

250ml Energy drink with sugar Sold in Sweden

Pack of Kong Strong Urban Classic Energy Drink Sour Worms Flavor

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

Carbonated Water, sugar, citric acid, taurine 0.35%, natural aroma, plant extracts (apple, cherry, radish, sweet potato), caffeine 0.032%, niacin, Pantothenic acid, vitamins, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, sweeteners (sucralose, acesulfame K)

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Carbonated Filtered Water, sugar,citric acid, 0.35% taurine, natural aroma, plant extracts (apple, cherry, radish, sweet potato), 0.032% caffeine, niacin, Pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, sweeteners (sucralose, acesulfame K)

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.

  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • 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.
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 9th. 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 20463489, last edited 2 April 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.