Is Purdey’s Natural Energy ultra-processed?

Sodas Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Fruit juice concentrate

23 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score E

Less processed sodas

Boisson petillante Belvoir Fleur de Surea Belvoir Fruit Farms 5 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3
Raspberry lemonade Belvoir fruit farms 4 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Fever-Tree premium Indian tonic water Waitrose 5 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3
DASH Raspberry Dash water 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 3

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, Fruit Juices from Concentrate (ultra-processing marker) 35% (Grape 25% Apple 8%, Blackberry 1%, Sloe 1%), Botanical Extracts Damiana, Guarana Extract 8.07%, Oak Bark, Chinese Ginseng) Acid (Citric Acid), Natural Blackberry Flavouring with other Natural Flavourings Natural Caffeine 0.01%, Natural Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Anthocyaning), Vitamins (C, Niacin, Thiamin, B6, Riboflavin, B12), Preservative (processing marker) (Potassium Sorbate), and

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Carbonated Water, Fruit Juices from Concentrate 35% (Grape 25% Apple 8%, Blackberry 1%. Sloe 1%), Botanical Extracts Damiana, Guarana Extract (8.07%), Oak Bark, Chinese Ginseng) Acid (Citric Acid), Natural Blackberry Flavouring with other Natural Flavourings Natural Caffeine (0.01%), Natural Colour (Anthocyaning) Vitamins (C. Niacin, Thiamin, B6, Riboflavin, B12). Preservative (Potassium Sorbate) Suitable for vegetarians and vegans

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.

Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Fruit juice concentrate 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 612 sodas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 149th. 94% of the 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 612 sodas, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010102243156, last edited 17 June 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.