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Is Marks & Spencer Diet Indian Tonic Water with Lemon ultra-processed?

1l Drinking water Sold in Ireland

Pack of Marks & Spencer Diet Indian Tonic Water with Lemon

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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed drinking water

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

Carbonated Water, Lemon Juice from Concentrate 0.5%, Citric Acid Flavourings (with Quinine), Preservative, e202, e242, Sucralose, Made in the UK, SC6067 Marks and Spencer plc PO Box 3339 CH99 9QS UK M&S, Ltd PO Box 13022 Ravensdale Dublin 2 Ireland marksandspencer.com LB60229501 C CAP ON Recycle M 2925 8888" S

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E242 Dimethyl dicarbonate , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Carbonated Water. Lemon Juice from Concentrate (0.5%). Acid: Citric Acid Flavourings (with Quinine) Preservative: E202, E242. Sweetener: Sucralose. • • Suitable for vegans Made in the UK. SC6067 Marks and Spencer plc PO Box 3339 CH99 9QS UK M&S (Ireland) Ltd PO Box 13022 Ravensdale Dublin 2 Ireland marksandspencer.com LB60229501 C CAP ON Recycle M 2925 8888" S

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.

2 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 drinking water

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 33% of the drinking water 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 12 drinking water, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29258888, last edited 2 April 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.