Is Robinsons lemon Squash ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavouring
- Sweetener
- E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose
- E951 Aspartame
- E954 Saccharin and its salts
- 15 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
water, lemon fruit from concentrate 12%, acid (citric acid), acidity regulator (sodium citrate), natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker), sweeteners (ultra-processing marker) (aspartame (ultra-processing marker), saccharin (ultra-processing marker)), preservatives (processing marker) (potassium sorbate (processing marker), sodium metabisulphite), stabiliser (cellulose gum (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E951 Aspartame , E954 Saccharin and its salts
As written on the pack
water, lemon fruit from concentrate (12%), acid (citric acid), acidity regulator (sodium citrate), natural flavouring, sweeteners (aspartame, saccharin), preservatives (potassium sorbate, sodium metabisulphite), stabiliser (cellulose gum)
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.
- E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
- E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
- 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.
- Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
3 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.
- Sodas Products in the category "Sodas" are at least group 3.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Among 612 sodas
From least to most processed, this one ranks 475th. 94% of the sodas here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000147030651, 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.
- 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.