Is Rio TROPICAL ultra-processed?

330ml Fruit 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:

Flavouring
Sweetener
Fruit juice concentrate
E955 Sucralose

14 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

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

lightly carbonated water, FRUIT JUICE and PUREE FROM CONCENTRATE (ultra-processing marker) 11% (orange, guava apricot, 4, passion fruit), sugar (processing marker), acid (citric acid), vitamin c, sweeteners (ultra-processing marker) (acesulfame k sucralose), natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker), PER PER PORTION % RI' PER 100ml NUTRITION INFORMATION 330ml 330ml ENERGY 81kJ

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E955 Sucralose

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E955 Sucralose.

As written on the pack

LIGHTLY CARBONATED WATER, FRUIT JUICE AND PUREE FROM CONCENTRATE (11%) (ORANGE, GUAVA APRICOT, 4, PASSION FRUIT), SUGAR, ACID (CITRIC ACID), VITAMIN C, SWEETENERS (ACESULFAME K SUCRALOSE), NATURAL FLAVOURINGS. PER PER PORTION % RI' PER 100ml NUTRITION INFORMATION 330ml 330ml ENERGY 81kJ/

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.

E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
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.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 99 fruit sodas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 46th. 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 5000382123392, last edited 14 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.