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Is Pasteurizadora Rica Orange juice drink ultra-processed?

Orange juices Sold in the United States

Pack of Pasteurizadora Rica Orange juice drink

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed orange 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

purified water, sugar, orange juice from concentrate, citric acid (acidulant), ascorbic acid (to help protect flavor), cmc (stabilizer), natural and artificial orange flavors, fd and c yellow no, 6 (coloring)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Filtered & purified water, sugar, orange juice from concentrate, citric acid (acidulant), ascorbic acid (to help protect flavor), cmc (stabilizer), natural and artificial orange flavors, fd & c yellow no. 6 (coloring).

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.

  • E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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 133 orange juices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 125th. 12% of the orange 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 133 orange juices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7460111102520, last edited 15 October 2025), 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.