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Is Phizz Hydration tablets ultra-processed?

Vitamin supplements Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Phizz Hydration tablets

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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 5 additives

Less processed vitamin supplements

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

glucose (sugar), sodium bicarbonate, citric acid, malic acid, salts (potassium chloride, sodium chloride), ascorbic acid, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, natural orange flavour, beetroot powder (colouring agent), sucralose (sweetener), calcium-d-pantothenate, niacinamide, cyanocobalamin, beta-carotene, riboflavin 5-phosphate, thiamine mononitrate, dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, zinc oxide, copper gluconate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, manganese sulphate, folic acid, biotin, carbohyd (sugars), salt amount per tablet (% nrv* per dose (2 tablets)), chloride, magnesium (1596), calcium, zinc, manganese, copper 250g 50g d protein

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

glucose (sugar), sodium bicarbonate, citric acid, malic acid, salts (potassium chloride, sodium chloride), ascorbic acid, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, natural orange flavour, beetroot powder (colouring agent), sucralose (sweetener), calcium-d-pantothenate, niacinamide, cyanocobalamin, beta-carotene, riboflavin 5-phosphate, thiamine mononitrate, dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, zinc oxide, copper gluconate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, manganese sulphate, folic acid, biotin. carbohyd (sugars) salt amount per tablet (% nrv* per dose (2 tablets)). chloride 185mg (47%), magnesium 28mg (1596), calcium 60mg (15%), zinc 2mg (40%). manganese 0.5mg (50%). copper 250g 50g d protein

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.

  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
2 ingredients that would only make it processed

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

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 35 vitamin supplements

From least to most processed, this one ranks 28th. 91% of the vitamin supplements 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 35 vitamin supplements, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060447850007, last edited 4 August 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.