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Is Robinsons Fruit & Barley Orange Squash ultra-processed?

1 l Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Robinsons Fruit & Barley Orange Squash

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
  • 5 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Orange Juice from Concentrate 7%, Orange Fruit from C CONCENTRATED LOW CALORIE ORANGE SOFT DRINK WITH BARLEY, sweeten %, Acids (Citric Acid, Mallic Acid), Barley Flour 1%, Acidity Regulator, Sodium Faouring, Sweeteners (Acesulfame K, Sucralose), Preservatives, Potassium Sorbate, Soder amins (C, Niacin, B6, D), Emulsifier (Glycerol Esters of Wood Rosins), Natural Colour

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin.

As written on the pack

Water, Orange Juice from Concentrate (7%), Orange Fruit from C CONCENTRATED LOW CALORIE ORANGE SOFT DRINK WITH BARLEY, SWEETEN %), Acids (Citric Acid, Mallic Acid), Refined Barley Flour (1%), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Faouring, Sweeteners (Acesulfame K, Sucralose), Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Soder amins (C, Niacin, B6, D), Emulsifier (Glycerol Esters of Wood Rosins), Natural Colour

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.

  • E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000147030583, last edited 24 February 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.