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Is Monster Juiced Mango Loco ultra-processed?

500mL Energy drinks Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Monster Juiced Mango Loco

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:

  • 45 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed energy 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

carbonated water, fruit juice from, b vitamins with sugars, sweetener, concentrates 9% (white grape, mango, guava, apple pineapple, passion fruit, apricot, peach, orange lemon), sucrose, glucose syrup, acids (citric acid malic acid), taurine 0.4%, flavourings, acidity regulators (potassium citrates, sodium citrates), preservatives (potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate), caffeine 0.03%, colour (carotenes), sweetener (sucralose), vitamins, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B2, vitamin B12, stabilisers (xanthan gum, sodium alginate, gum arabic), l-carnitine l-tartrate 0.004%, inositol fruit, vegetable concentrates (grape, carrot, sweet potato)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E296 Malic acid , E332 Potassium citrates , E401 Sodium alginate , E414 Acacia gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

CARBONATED WATER, FRUIT JUICE FROM AND B VITAMINS WITH SUGARS AND SWEETENER. CONCENTRATES (9%) (WHITE GRAPE, MANGO, GUAVA, APPLE PINEAPPLE, PASSION FRUIT, APRICOT, PEACH, ORANGE LEMON), SUCROSE, GLUCOSE SYRUP, ACIDS (CITRIC ACID MALIC ACID), TAURINE (0.4%), FLAVOURINGS, ACIDITY REGULATORS (POTASSIUM CITRATES, SODIUM CITRATES) PRESERVATIVES (POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM BENZOATE), CAFFEINE (0.03%), COLOUR (CAROTENES) SWEETENER (SUCRALOSE), VITAMINS (B3, B6, B2, B12, STABILISERS (XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM ALGINATE, GUM ARABIC), L-CARNITINE L-TARTRATE (0.004%), INOSITOL FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONCENTRATES (GRAPE, CARROT, SWEET POTATO).

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.

  • E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • 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.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • 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.
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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.
3 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 278 energy drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 258th. 99% of the energy drinks 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 278 energy drinks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5056784900031, last edited 27 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.