Is Marks & Spencer Marks and spencers diet cloudy lemonade ultra-processed?

Sodas 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:

E955 Sucralose

8 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed sodas

Boisson petillante Belvoir Fleur de Surea Belvoir Fruit Farms 5 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3
Raspberry lemonade Belvoir fruit farms 4 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Fever-Tree premium Indian tonic water Waitrose 5 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3
DASH Raspberry Dash water 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 3

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 Comminuted Lemon from Concentrate 4%, Orange Juice from Concentrate 1%, Lemon Juice from Concentrate 1%, Acid (Malic Acid Flavourings Preservative), e202 (processing marker), e242 Sweetener (Sucralose (ultra-processing marker))

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

As written on the pack

Carbonated Water Comminuted Lemon from Concentrate (4%) Orange Juice from Concentrate (1%). Lemon Juice from Concentrate (1%)- Acid: Malic Acid Flavourings Preservative: E202, E242 Sweetener: Sucralose.

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.

E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.

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.
Sodas Products in the category "Sodas" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 613 sodas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 111th. 94% of the sodas 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 613 sodas, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29266685, 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.