Is Ocean Spray Cranberries Cran x Cherry, Cranberry Cherry Flavored Juice Drink ultra-processed?

64 fl oz (1.89L) Fruit-based beverages Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E440 Pectins

15 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed fruit-based 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

Filtered Water, Sugar (processing marker), Cranberry (water, cranberry), Cherry Juice (water, cherry juice), Fumaric Acid, Natural Flavor (ultra-processing marker), Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C), Vegetable for Color, Citric Acid, Pectin (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E297 Fumaric acid , E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Filtered Water, Sugar, Cranberry Juice (water, cranberry juice concentrate), Cherry Juice (water, cherry juice concentrate), Fumaric Acid, Natural Flavor, Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C), Vegetable Concentrate for Color, Citric Acid, Pectin.

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.

E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 782 fruit-based beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 559th. 50% of the fruit-based 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 782 fruit-based beverages, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0031200330277, last edited 23 October 2024), 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.