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Is Red Bull Zero ultra-processed?

4x250ml Sweetened beverages Sold in Ireland and France

Pack of Red Bull Zero

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed sweetened beverages

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

32 mg, Consume moderately, Ingredients (Water), Acid (Citric Acid), Carbon Dioxide, taurine 0.4%, Acidity Regulators (Sodium Carbonates, Magnesium Carbonates), Sweeteners (Sucrose, Acesulfame K), Caffeine 0.03%, vitamins, Niacin pantothenic Acid, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, Flavourings, Thickener (xanthan Gum), Colours (Plain Caramel, Riboflavin), Contains a source of Phenyialanine

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E290 Carbon dioxide , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E504 Magnesium carbonates , E950 Acesulfame k

As written on the pack

32 mg/100 ml. Consume moderately. Ingredients: Water, Acid (Citric Acid), Carbon Dioxide, taurine (0.4%), Acidity Regulators (Sodium Carbonates, Magnesium Carbonates), Sweeteners (Sucrose, Acesulfame K), Caffeine (0.03%), Vitamins (Niacin pantothenic Acid, B6, B12), Flavourings, Thickener (xanthan Gum), Colours (Plain Caramel, Riboflavin) Contains a source of Phenyialanine

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
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  • 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.
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 548 sweetened beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 517th. 94% of the 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 548 sweetened beverages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9002490200381, last edited 23 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.