Is Rocks Zesty Lemons ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 8 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Spring water, Sugar (processing marker), Concentrated lemon juice 8%, lemon fruit 8%, Citric acid, Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Natural colour (ultra-processing marker) (Safflower)
Additives: E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Spring water, Sugar, Concentrated lemon juice & lemon fruit 8%, Citric acid, Natural Flavouring, Natural colour (Safflower Extract).
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.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5023762000120, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.