Is Robinsons Fruit Shoot - Apple & Blackcurrant ultra-processed?

200 ml Sweetened beverages 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
E950 Acesulfame k

19 ingredients
4 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

Water, Fruit Juices from Concentrate (ultra-processing marker) (Apple 6%, Blackcurrant 2%), Acid (Citric Acid), Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrate), Carrot, Blueberry, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Sweeteners (ultra-processing marker), Acesulfame K (ultra-processing marker), Sucralose, Best Before End (See Shoulder of Bottle, 200mle Recycle)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E950 Acesulfame k

As written on the pack

Water, Fruit Juices from Concentrate (Apple 6%, Blackcurrant 2%), Acid (Citric Acid), Natural Flavourings, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrate), Carrot and Blueberry Concentrate, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Sweeteners (Acesulfame K, Sucralose Suitable for vegetarians and vegans Best Before End: See Shoulder of Bottle. 200mle Recycle

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.

E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 548 sweetened beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 313th. 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 96182529, last edited 27 March 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.