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Is Robinsons Barley Water Lemon ultra-processed?

850 ml Fruit juice concentrates Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Robinsons Barley Water Lemon

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:

  • 10 ingredients
  • 5 additives

Less processed fruit juice concentrates

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

Water, Sugar, Lemon Juice from Concentrate 17%, Barley Flour 2.5%, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Metabisulphite, Ascorbic Acid, Saccharin, Natural Flavouring

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E954 Saccharin and its salts

As written on the pack

Water, Sugar, Lemon Juice from Concentrate (17%), Barley Flour (2.5%), Acid (Citric Acid), Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Metabisulphite), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Sweetener (Saccharin), Natural Flavouring.

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.

  • E954 Saccharin and its salts Sweeteners are substances used to impart a sweet taste to foods or in table-top sweeteners.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 fruit juice concentrates

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 67% of the fruit juice concentrates 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 12 fruit juice concentrates, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010102113282, last edited 22 August 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.