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Is Red Bull Sugarfree 250 ml ultra-processed?

250 ml Energy drinks Sold in Sweden

Pack of Red Bull Sugarfree 250 ml

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 11 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed energy 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

Vatten, syra (citronsyra), kolsyra, taurin 0.4%, surhetsreglerande medel (natriumkarbonater, magnesiumkarbonat), sötningsmedel (acesulfam K, aspartam), koffein, vitaminer (niacin 0.002%, pantotensyra 0.002%, B6 0.002%, B12), aromämnen, förtjockningsmedel (xantangummi), färgämnen (sockerkulör, riboflavin)

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E101i Riboflavin , E150a Plain caramel , E290 Carbon dioxide , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E504 Magnesium carbonates , E504i Magnesium carbonate , E950 Acesulfame k , E951 Aspartame

As written on the pack

Vatten, syra (citronsyra), kolsyra, taurin 0,4%, surhetsreglerande medel (natriumkarbonater, magnesiumkarbonat), sötningsmedel (acesulfam K, aspartam), koffein, vitaminer (niacin 0,002%, pantotensyra 0,002%, B6 0,002%, B12), aromämnen, förtjockningsmedel (xantangummi), färgämnen (sockerkulör, riboflavin).

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.

  • E101 Riboflavin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E290 Carbon dioxide Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
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  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 278 energy drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 267th. 99% of the energy 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 278 energy drinks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9002490215415, last edited 2 April 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.