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Is Powerade Mountain Blast ultra-processed?

600 mL Dietary drink for sport Sold in Australia

Pack of Powerade Mountain Blast

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed diet beverages

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, sucrose, minerals (potassium citrate, magnesium sulphate, calcium chloride, sodium citrate, sodium chloride, potassum phosphate), food acid (330), flavour, colour (133)

Additives: E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E330 Citric acid

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E133 Brilliant blue FCF.

As written on the pack

water, sucrose, minerals (potassium citrate, magnesium sulphate, calcium chloride, sodium citrate, sodium chloride, potassum phosphate), food acid (330), flavour, colour (133)

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.

  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • 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.
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 23 dietary drink for sport

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 96% of the dietary drink for sport 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 23 dietary drink for sport, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300624008354, last edited 8 February 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.