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Is Prime strawberry watermelon ultra-processed?

500 ml Artificially sweetened beverages Sold in the United Kingdom and Romania

Pack of Prime strawberry watermelon

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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, Coconut Water 10.5%, Citric Acid, Mineral (Salt (Dipotassium Phosphate)), Flavouring, Sweet Potato, Carrot Concentrate, Cherry, Sweeteners, Sucralose, Acesulfame K, Amino Acids (L-Isoleucine, L-Leucine, L-Valine), Vitamin E, Gum Arabic (Gum Acacia), Glycerol Esters of Wood Rosins, vitamins, vitamin A, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12

Additives: Amino acids , 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

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin.

As written on the pack

Water, Reconstituted Powdered Coconut Water 10.5%, Citric Acid, Mineral Salt (Dipotassium Phosphate), Flavouring, Sweet Potato Concentrate, Carrot Concentrate, Cherry Concentrate, Sweeteners (Sucralose, Acesulfame K, Amino Acids (L-Isoleucine, L-Leucine, L-Valine), Vitamin E, Stabilisers (Gum Arabic (Gum Acacia), Glycerol Esters of Wood Rosins), Vitamin A, Vitamin B6, 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.
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  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 525 artificially sweetened beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 464th. 98% of the artificially sweetened beverages 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 525 artificially sweetened beverages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850003560991, last edited 6 September 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.