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Is Njie LowCaly Fruit Drink Pear ultra-processed?

Artificially sweetened beverages Sold in Sweden

Pack of Njie LowCaly Fruit Drink Pear

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 8 additives

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, pear juice from concentrate 2.5%, apple jucie from concentrate, acidifier (citric acid), natural flavouring, acidity regulator (tripotassium citrate), vitamins, vitamin C, niacin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, biotin, vitamin D, vitamin B12, colour (plain caramel), sweeteners (aspartame, acesulfame K), stabilisers (gum arabic, glycerol esters of wood rosins)

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E330 Citric acid , E332 Potassium citrates , E332ii Tripotassium citrate , E414 Acacia gum , E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin , E950 Acesulfame k , E951 Aspartame

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin.

As written on the pack

Water, pear juice from concentrate (2,5%), apple jucie from concentrate, acidifier (citric acid), natural flavouring, acidity regulator (tripotassium citrate), vitamins (vitamin C, niacin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, biotin, vitamin D, vitamin B12), colour (plain caramel), sweeteners (aspartame, acesulfame K), stabilisers (gum arabic, glycerol esters of wood rosins). Contains a source of phenylalanine.

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 525 artificially sweetened beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 481st. 98% of the artificially 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 525 artificially sweetened beverages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7350068291968, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.