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Is Ocean Spray Pink Cranberry ultra-processed?

1l Fruit juices Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Ocean Spray Pink Cranberry

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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, Cranberry 14%, Grape Juice from Concentrate 7%, Natural Flavouring, Thickener (Pectin), Vitamin C, Vegetable and Fruit Concentrates (Carrot, Cranberry), Sweetener (Sucralose)

Additives: E440 Pectins , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Water, Cranberry Juice from Concentrate (14%), Grape Juice from Concentrate (7%), Natural Flavouring, Thickener (Pectin), Vitamin C, Vegetable and Fruit Concentrates (Carrot, Cranberry), Sweetener (Sucralose)

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.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 513 fruit juices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 474th. 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 513 fruit juices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0031200023094, last edited 27 March 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.