Is Ocean spray Cranberry and Raspberry Flavoured Juice Drink with Sugar and Sweetener ultra-processed?

1l Fruit juices 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:

Flavouring
Fruit juice concentrate

13 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score E

Less processed fruit juices

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, fruit juices from concentrate (ultra-processing marker) 15% (cranberry 7%, raspberry 4%, apple 4%), sugar (processing marker), acid (citric acid), vitamin C, flavoring (ultra-processing marker), vegetable and fruit concentrate (carrot, cranberry)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, fruit juices from concentrate (15%) [cranberry (7%), raspberry (4%), apple (4%)], sugar, acid : citric acid, vitamin C, flavoring, vegetable and fruit concentrate (carrot, cranberry).

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.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

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 514 fruit juices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 421st. 35% of the fruit juices 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 514 fruit juices, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0031200452016, last edited 22 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.