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Is Monster Juiced Mango Loco ultra-processed?

500ml Energy drink with sugar Sold in the United Kingdom and France

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 11 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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, fruit juices from concentrate 15% (guava, mango, white grape, apple, pineapple, apricot, orange, peach, lemon, passion fruit), sucrose, glucose syrup, citric acid, taurine 0.4%, potassium citrate, sodium citrate, flavourings, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, caffeine 0.03%, vitamins, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, xanthan gum, sodium alginate, sucralose, maltodextrin, l-carnitine l-tartrate 0.004%, inositol 0.002%, carotenes, vegetable oils, coconut, rape, modified starch, sodium chloride

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E160a Carotene , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E332 Potassium citrates , E332ii Tripotassium citrate , E401 Sodium alginate , E415 Xanthan gum , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

CARBONATED WATER, FRUIT JUICES FROM CONCENTRATE (15%) (GUAVA, MANGO, WHITE GRAPE, APPLE, PINEAPPLE, APRICOT, ORANGE, PEACH, LEMON, PASSION FRUIT), SUCROSE, GLUCOSE SYRUP, ACID (CITRIC ACID), TAURINE (0.4%), ACIDITY REGULATORS (POTASSIUM CITRATE, SODIUM CITRATE), FLAVOURINGS, PRESERVATIVES (POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM BENZOATE), CAFFEINE (0.03%), VITAMINS (B2, B3, B6, B12), STABILISERS (XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM ALGINATE), SWEETENER (SUCRALOSE), MALTODEXTRIN, L-CARNITINE L-TARTRATE (0.004%), INOSITOL (0.002%), COLOUR (CAROTENES), VEGETABLE OILS (COCONUT, RAPE, MODIFIED STARCH, SODIUM CHLORIDE.

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
4 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 33 energy drink with sugar

From least to most processed, this one ranks 32nd. 97% of the energy drink with sugar 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 33 energy drink with sugar, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060517885137, last edited 17 September 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.