Is Oasis Summer Fruits Juice Drink ultra-processed?

500ml Sweetened beverages Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Fruit juice concentrate
E452 Polyphosphates
E950 Acesulfame k
E951 Aspartame

21 ingredients
7 additives
Nutri-Score D

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

water, sugar (processing marker), fruit juices from concentrate (ultra-processing marker) 5% (apple 1.7%, strawberry 1.5%, redcurrant 1.2%, cherry 0.6%), citric acid, natural berry flavouring with other natural flavourings, fruit and vegetable concentrates (blueberry, blackcurrant, carrot, apple, hibiscus), polyphosphates (ultra-processing marker), sodium citrate, potassium sorbate (processing marker), sodium benzoate, aspartame (ultra-processing marker), acesulfame k (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E452 Polyphosphates , E950 Acesulfame k , E951 Aspartame

As written on the pack

water, sugar, fruit juices from concentrate 5% (apple 1,7%, strawberry 1,5%, redcurrant 1,2%, cherry 0,6%), citric acid, natural berry flavouring with other natural flavourings, fruit and vegetable concentrates (blueberry, blackcurrant, carrot, apple, hibiscus), stabiliser (polyphosphates), acidity regulator (sodium citrate), preservatives (potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate), sweeteners (aspartame, acesulfame k), contain 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.

E452 Polyphosphates 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.

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.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 550 sweetened beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 347th. 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 550 sweetened beverages, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5449000124999, last edited 29 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.