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Is Member's Mark Sparkling Water Strawberry Lemonade ultra-processed?

Carbonated waters Sold in the United States

Pack of Member's Mark Sparkling Water Strawberry Lemonade

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF (citric acid), malic acid, sucralose, fruit, vegetable juice (color), natural flavors, green tea leaf, niacinamide, calcium-d-pantothenate, biotin, cyanocobalamin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, beta-carotene (color), potassium benzoate (preservative), potassium sorbate (preservative), calcium disodium edta (preservative)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E212 Potassium benzoate , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

CARBONATED WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CITRIC ACID, MALIC ACID, SUCRALOSE, FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE* (COLOR), NATURAL FLAVORS, GREEN TEA LEAF EXTRACT, NIACINAMIDE, CALCIUM-D-PANTOTHENATE, BIOTIN, CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, BETA-CAROTENE* (COLOR), POTASSIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (PRESERVATIVE)

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.
  • 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.
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 141 carbonated waters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 124th. 79% of the carbonated waters 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 141 carbonated waters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0193968284664, last edited 20 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.