Is PurAqua Sparkiling Frost - Strawberry Kiwi ultra-processed?

17 oz Fruit sodas Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Sequestrant
E414 Acacia gum
E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin
E955 Sucralose

27 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed fruit sodas

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

carbonated water, CITRIC ts ACID, apple juice, potassium benzoate (preservative (processing marker)), sucralose (ultra-processing marker), vegetable juice (color (ultra-processing marker)), strawberry juice concentrate, kiwi, mL) NATURAL FLAVOR, green tea extract, gum arabic (ultra-processing marker), glycerol ester of wood rosin (ultra-processing marker), calcium disodium of salt of edta (sequestrant (ultra-processing marker)), niacinamide, d-calcium pantothenate, vitamin a palmitate, 5 alue* PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, cholecalciferold-biotin, cyanocobalamin, dist, and SOLD ELUSIVELY BY (aldi), BATA IL 60510 0% 4mg CAFFEINE R17 FL OZ 0% CHILL BEFORE SING, refrigerate

Additives: E212 Potassium benzoate , E414 Acacia gum , E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

CARBONATED WATER, CITRIC ts ACID, APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), SUCRALOSE, VEGETABLE JUICE (COLOR), STRAWBERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE, KIWI JUICE CONCENTRATE, mL) NATURAL FLAVOR, GREEN TEA EXTRACT, GUM ARABIC, GLYCEROL ESTER OF WOOD ROSIN, CALCIUM DISODIUM OF SALT OF EDTA (SEQUESTRANT), NIACINAMIDE, D-CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, 5 alue* PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, CHOLECALCIFEROLD-BIOTIN, CYANOCOBALAMIN. 0% DIST. & SOLD ELUSIVELY BY: ALDI, BATA IL 60510 0% 4mg CAFFEINE R17 FL OZ 0% CHILL BEFORE SING. REFRIGERATE

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.
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.
Sequestrant An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

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.

Sodas Products in the category "Sodas" are at least group 3.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 99 fruit sodas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 62nd. 91% of the fruit sodas 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 99 fruit sodas, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061459984095, last edited 7 January 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.