Is Lucozade sport ultra-processed?

500 mL Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Glucose
Glucose syrup
E414 Acacia gum
E950 Acesulfame k
E951 Aspartame

13 ingredients
6 additives
Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Potassium Sorbate (processing marker), Acacia Gum (ultra-processing marker), Ascorbic Acid, Aspartame (ultra-processing marker), Acesulfame K (ultra-processing marker), Flavour (ultra-processing marker), Niacin (Vitamin B3), Beta Carotene

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E414 Acacia gum , E950 Acesulfame k , E951 Aspartame

As written on the pack

Water, Glucose Syrup, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Potassium Sorbate, Acacia Gum, Ascorbic Acid, Aspartame, Acesulfame K, Flavour, Niacin (Vitamin B3), Beta Carotene. Contains a source of Phenylalanine.

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.

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.
E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

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

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054267014268, last edited 19 August 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.