Is Red Bull - Summer Edition - Aprikos-jordgubbssmak ultra-processed?

250 ml Energy drinks Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring
Glucose
E101 Riboflavin
E290 Carbon dioxide

18 ingredients
4 additives

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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

vatten, sackaros (processing marker), glukos (ultra-processing marker), syra (citronsyra), koldioxid (ultra-processing marker), taurin 0.4%, surhetsreglerande medel (natriumcitrat), koffein 0.03%, vitaminer (niacin, pantotensyra, B6, B12), aromer (ultra-processing marker), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (riboflavin (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E101i Riboflavin , E290 Carbon dioxide , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

vatten, sackaros, glukos, syra (citronsyra), koldioxid, taurin (0,4%), surhetsreglerande medel (natriumcitrat), koffein (0,03%), vitaminer (niacin, pantotensyra, B6, B12), aromer, färgämne (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.
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.
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.

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

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.

Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 278 energy drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 131st. 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 90448850, last edited 3 May 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.