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Is Prime Lemon Lime ultra-processed?

500ml Still fruit soft drinks Sold in the United Kingdom and Romania

Pack of Prime Lemon Lime

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed still fruit soft drinks

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

filtered water, coconut water from (beta carotene), sweeteners (sucralose, acesulfame concentrate 10.5%, acid (citric acid), mineral salt k), amino acids (L, isoleucine, l-leucine, l-valine), vitamins, vitamin E, vitamin a, vitamin b-6, vitamin b-12

Additives: Amino acids , E330 Citric acid , E641 Leucine , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

FILTERED WATER, COCONUT WATER FROM (BETA CAROTENE) SWEETENERS (SUCRALOSE, ACESULFAME CONCENTRATE (10.5%), ACID (CITRIC ACID), MINERAL SALT K), AMINO ACIDS (L - ISOLEUCINE, L-LEUCINE, L-VALINE). VITAMIN E, VITAMIN A, VITAMIN B-6, VITAMIN B-12

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.

  • E641 Leucine A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 31 still fruit soft drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 94% of the still fruit soft drinks 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 31 still fruit soft drinks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850003560694, 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.