Is Lipton Iced tea ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 7 ingredients
- 1 additive
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cane sugar (processing marker), citric acid (provides tartness), instant tea powder, carrot juice (color (ultra-processing marker)), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Cane sugar, citric acid (provides tartness), instant tea powder, carrot juice (color), natural flavor.
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.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 73 iced teas
From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 84% of the iced teas here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041000731488, last edited 14 September 2025), 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.