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Is Robinsons Fruit & Barley Pink Grapefruit Squash ultra-processed?

1L Cordials Sold in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong

Pack of Robinsons Fruit & Barley Pink Grapefruit 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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 8 additives

Less processed cordials

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, pink grapefruit juice from concentrate 10%, acids (citric acid, malic acid), barley flour 1%, acidity regulator (sodium citrate), sweeteners (acesulfame k, sucralose), preservatives passium sorbate, sodium metabisulphite, natural colour (anthocyanins), al flavouring, antioxidant (ascorbic acid), shane well dilute 1 part concentrate with 4 parts water, important to add extra water if given to toddlers tanslaturally occurring sugars

Additives: E163 Anthocyanins , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E296 Malic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

water, pink grapefruit juice from concentrate (10%), acids (citric acid, malic acid), refined barley flour (1%), acidity regulator (sodium citrate), sweeteners (acesulfame k, sucralose), preservatives passium sorbate, sodium metabisulphite), natural colour (anthocyanins), al flavouring, antioxidant (ascorbic acid). shane well dilute 1 part concentrate with 4 parts water. important to add extra water if given to toddlers tanslaturally occurring sugars.

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.

  • E163 Anthocyanins 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.
  • 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.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 28 cordials

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 75% of the cordials 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 28 cordials, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010102101791, last edited 9 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.