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Is Member's Mark Sparkling Water Watermelon Lime ultra-processed?

Carbonated waters Sold in the United States and Ireland

Pack of Member's Mark Sparkling Water Watermelon Lime

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 8 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, citric acid, natural flavors, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, sodium benzoate, gum arabic, ester of wood rosin, niacinamide, calcium disodium EDTA, pyridoxine hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin, biotin, vitamin B12, calcium-D-pantothenate, biotin, green tea leaf, potassium benzoate, potassium sorbate

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E212 Potassium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E414 Acacia gum , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

carbonated water, citric acid, natural flavors, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, sodium benzoate, gum arabic, ester of wood rosin, niacinamide, calcium disodium EDTA, pyridoxine hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin, biotin, vitamin B12, calcium-D-pantothenate, biotin, green tea leaf extract, potassium benzoate, potassium sorbate

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.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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

Among 141 carbonated waters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 132nd. 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 0193968296681, last edited 20 June 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.