Is Minute Maid Zero Sugar Mango Passion Flavored Fruit Drink ultra-processed?

1.53 L Fruit-based beverages Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E950 Acesulfame k

14 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

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

filtered water, lemon juice from concentrate, mango puree from concentrate, passion fruit juice, less than 0.5% of (apple puree), natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), potassium citrate, apartame, acesulfame potassium (ultra-processing marker), beta carotene

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E950 Acesulfame k

As written on the pack

Pure filtered water, lemon juice from concentrate**, mango puree from concentrate**, passion fruit juice from concentrate**, less than 0.5% of: apple puree from concentrate**, natural flavors, citric acid, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), potassium citrate, apartame, acesulfame potassium, beta carotene

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.

E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 782 fruit-based beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 547th. 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 0025000120565, last edited 20 August 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.