Is MER Hallon Svartvinbär ultra-processed?

500 ml Fruit-based beverages Sold in Sweden

Pack of MER Hallon Svartvinbär

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
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed fruit-based beverages

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

Vatten, juice från koncentrat (ultra-processing marker) 12% (äpple 8%, hallon 2%, svartvinbär 2%), socker (processing marker), surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra), naturlig svartvinbärsarom med andra naturliga aromer, färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (anthocyaniner)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Vatten, juice från koncentrat 12% (äpple 8%, hallon, 2%, svartvinbär 2%), socker, surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra), naturlig svartvinbärsarom med andra naturliga aromer, färgämne (anthocyaniner).

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.

  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

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.

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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 782 fruit-based beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 526th. 50% of the fruit-based beverages 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 782 fruit-based beverages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5449000149343, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.