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Is Prime Lemonade Hydration Drink ultra-processed?

500ml Still fruit soft drinks Sold in the United States

Pack of Prime Lemonade Hydration 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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 8 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, citric acid, dipotassium phosphate, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, natural flavor, gum arabic, ester gum, trimagnesium citrate, l-isoleucine, l-leucine, l-valine, dl-alpha tocopherol acetate (vitamin e), beta-carotene for color, retinyl palmitate (vitamin a), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), cyanocobalamin

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E414 Acacia gum , E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin , E641 Leucine , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

FILTERED WATER, COCONUT WATER FROM CONCENTRATE, CITRIC ACID, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SUCRALOSE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, NATURAL FLAVOR, GUM ARABIC, ESTER GUM, TRIMAGNESIUM CITRATE, L-ISOLEUCINE, L-LEUCINE, L-VALINE, DL-ALPHA TOCOPHEROL ACETATE (VITAMIN E), BETA-CAROTENE FOR COLOR, RETINYL PALMITATE (VITAMIN A), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12)

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.

  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E641 Leucine A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 31 still fruit soft drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 29th. 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 0810116121557, last edited 2 August 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.