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Is Monster Rio Punch ultra-processed?

500 ml Sweetened beverages Sold in Sweden and Iceland

Pack of Monster Rio Punch

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed sweetened 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

kolsyrat vatten, sukros, fruktjuice 2% (apple, vit druva, papaya, mango), glukossirap, taurin 0.4%, syror (citronsyra, appelsyra), aromer, surhetsreglerande medel (natriumcitrater), panax ginseng rotextrakt 0.08%, FRUKT och GRÖNSAKSKONCENTRAT (morot, sötpotatis), koffein 0.03%, konserveringsmedel (kaliumsorbat), sötningsmedel (sukralos), vitaminer (niacin, B6, riboflavin, B12), förtjockningsmedel (glycerolestrar av trähartser), maltodextrin, l-karnitin l-tartrat 0.004%, guaranafröextrakt 0.002%, inositol

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

KOLSYRAT VATTEN, SUKROS, FRUKTJUICE FRAN KONCENTRAT (2%) (APPLE, VIT DRUVA, PAPAYA, MANGO), GLUKOSSIRAP, TAURIN (0.4%), SYROR (CITRONSYRA, APPELSYRA), AROMER, SURHETSREGLERANDE MEDEL (NATRIUMCITRATER), PANAX GINSENG ROTEXTRAKT (0.08%), FRUKT OCH GRÖNSAKSKONCENTRAT (MOROT, SÖTPOTATIS), KOFFEIN (0,03%), KONSERVERINGSMEDEL (KALIUMSORBAT), SÖTNINGSMEDEL (SUKRALOS), VITAMINER (NIACIN, B6, RIBOFLAVIN, B12), FÖRTJOCKNINGSMEDEL (GLYCEROLESTRAR AV TRÄHARTSER), MALTODEXTRIN, L-KARNITIN L-TARTRAT (0,004%), GUARANAFRÖEXTRAKT (0,002%), 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.

  • E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.
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 548 sweetened beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 511th. 94% of the sweetened 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 548 sweetened beverages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5056784902332, last edited 23 May 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.