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Is Lindhouse Mixto Grape, Raspberry & Blackcurrant Squash ultra-processed?

Cordials Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 7 additives

Less processed cordials

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

added sugar mixed fruit squash with added vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin D, with sweeteners, CONTAINS NATURALLY OCCURRING SUGARS Ingredients Water, Fruit Juices from Concentrate 10% (Grapes, Apple Raspberry, Blackcurrant), Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Flavourings (Contain Barley), Anthocyanins, Sucralose, Sodium Metabisul Acesulfame K, Potassium Sorbate, S Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrate), vitamins, vitamin C, Vitamin D

Additives: E163 Anthocyanins , E202 Potassium sorbate , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E950 Acesulfame k.

As written on the pack

added sugar mixed fruit squash with added vitamin C and D, with sweeteners. CONTAINS NATURALLY OCCURRING SUGARS Ingredients Water, 10% Fruit Juices from Concentrate (Grapes, Apple Raspberry, Blackcurrant), Acids: Citric Acid, Malic Acid; Flavourings (Contain Barley), Colour: Anthocyanins; Sweeteners: Sucralose, Sodium Metabisul Acesulfame K; Preservatives: Potassium Sorbate, S Acidity Regulator: Sodium Citrate; Vitamin C, Vitamin D. Allergy Advice

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.

  • E163 Anthocyanins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of 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.

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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 28 cordials

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 75% of the cordials 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 28 cordials, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489903437, last edited 8 August 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.