Is Low Sodium V8 ultra-processed?

1.89 l Vegetable juices Sold in Canada

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Fruit juice concentrate

21 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed vegetable juices

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

VEGETABLE and BLEND (water, tomato puree concentrated vegetable juices (carrot, celery, beet, parsley, lettuce, watercress, spinach)), white grape juice from concentrate (ultra-processing marker), salt flavour (potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, magnesium sulphate), salt (processing marker), ascorbic acid (vitamin c), seasoning, citric acid (for tartness)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

VEGETABLE PUREE & JUICE BLEND (WATER, TOMATO PUREE CONCENTRATED VEGETABLE JUICES [CARROT, CELERY, BEET, PARSLEY, LETTUCE, WATERCRESS, SPINACH]), WHITE GRAPE JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE, SALT FLAVOUR (POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, MAGNESIUM SULPHATE), SALT, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), SEASONING, CITRIC ACID (FOR TARTNESS)

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 27 vegetable juices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 22% of the vegetable juices 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 27 vegetable juices, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0063211158779, last edited 25 July 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.