Is Passionfruit & Guava Kombucha ultra-processed?

4 x 330 ml Kombuchas 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

12 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

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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, cane sugar (processing marker), green tea, black tea, kombucha culture, passionfruit, guava, natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker), CBD, living cultures (bacillus coagulans), s per

As written on the pack

WATER, CANE SUGAR, GREEN TEA, BLACK TEA, KOMBUCHA CULTURE, PASSIONFRUIT AND GUAVA JUICES FROM CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVOURINGS, CBD (15MG), LIVING CULTURES (BACILLUS COAGULANS) S PER 100ML:

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.

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 96 kombuchas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 53rd. 59% of the kombuchas 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 96 kombuchas, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060512671179, 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.