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Is Monster Juiced Khaotic ultra-processed?

500 ml Carbonated soft drinks without fruit juice Sold in Sweden

Pack of Monster Juiced Khaotic

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:

  • 37 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed carbonated drinks

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

kolsyrat vatten, fruktjuice från koncentrat 10% (äpple, apelsin, persika, mandarin, vit druva, ananas), surkos, glukossirap, aromer, taurin 0.04%, syror (citronsyra, äppelsyra), surhetsreglerande medel (natriumcitrater, kaliumcitrater), panax ginseng rotextract 0.08%, konserveringsmedel (kaliumsorbat), koffein 0.03%, sötningsmedel (sukralos, steviolglykosider), vitaminer (niacin (B3), B6, riboflavin (B2), B12), färgämnen (karotener, antocyaniner), l-karnitin l-tartrat 0.004%, inositol

Additives: E160a Carotene , E163 Anthocyanins , E202 Potassium sorbate , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E332 Potassium citrates , E955 Sucralose , E960 Steviol glycosides

As written on the pack

KOLSYRAT VATTEN, FRUKTJUICE FRÅN KONCENTRAT (10%) (ÄPPLE, APELSIN, PERSIKA, MANDARIN, VIT DRUVA, ANANAS), SURKOS, GLUKOSSIRAP, AROMER, TAURIN (0.04%), SYROR (CITRONSYRA, ÄPPELSYRA), SURHETSREGLERANDE MEDEL (NATRIUMCITRATER, KALIUMCITRATER), PANAX GINSENG ROTEXTRACT (0.08%), KONSERVERINGSMEDEL (KALIUMSORBAT), KOFFEIN (0,03%) SÖTNINGSMEDEL (SUKRALOS, STEVIOLGLYKOSIDER), VITAMINER (NIACIN (B3), B6, RIBOFLAVIN (B2), B12). FÄRGÄMNEN (KAROTENER, ANTOCYANINER), L-KARNITIN L-TARTRAT (0,004%), INOSITOL.

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E163 Anthocyanins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
  • 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.
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  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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 14 carbonated soft drinks without fruit juice

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 93% of the carbonated soft drinks without fruit juice 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 14 carbonated soft drinks without fruit juice, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060896623511, 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.