Is Lucozade Zero Pink Lemonade ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Colour
- Flavouring
- Sweetener
- Fruit juice concentrate
- E163 Anthocyanins
- E410 Locust bean gum
- and 4 more
- 23 ingredients
- 9 additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
carbonated water, fruit juices from concentrate (ultra-processing marker) 1.3%, lemon, cranberry, raspberry, acid (citric acid), acidity regulator, sodium gluconate, comminuted lemon 0.4%, sweeteners (ultra-processing marker) (aspartame (ultra-processing marker), acesulfame k (ultra-processing marker)), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), preservative (processing marker) (potassium sorbate (processing marker)), caffeine, colour (ultra-processing marker) (anthocyanins (ultra-processing marker)), stabilisers (locust bean gum (ultra-processing marker), acacia gum (ultra-processing marker), glycerol esters of wood rosins)
Additives: E163 Anthocyanins , E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E410 Locust bean gum , E414 Acacia gum , E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin , E576 Sodium gluconate , E950 Acesulfame k , E951 Aspartame
As written on the pack
carbonated water, fruit juices from concentrate (1,3%) (lemon, cranberry, raspberry, acid (citric acid), acidity regulator (sodium gluconate, comminuted lemon (0,4%), sweeteners (aspartame, acesulfame k), flavourings, preservative (potassium sorbate), caffeine, colour (anthocyanins), stabilisers (locust bean gum, acacia gum, glycerol esters of wood rosins), 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.
- 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.
- E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
- 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.
- E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- 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.
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- 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.
- 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.
- Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
3 ingredients 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.
- Sodas Products in the category "Sodas" are at least group 3.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Among 612 sodas
From least to most processed, this one ranks 609th. 94% of the sodas here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054267005051, last edited 27 March 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.