Is Rubicon mango ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 18 ingredients
- 8 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
carbonated water, mango purée 8%, sugar (processing marker), acid (malic acid), preservatives (processing marker) (4), e202 (processing marker), antioxidant (ascorbic acid), stabilisers (gellan gum (ultra-processing marker), pectin (ultra-processing marker)), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), colour (ultra-processing marker) (beta carotene (ultra-processing marker)), sweetener (ultra-processing marker) (sucralose (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E202 Potassium sorbate , E296 Malic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E418 Gellan gum , E440 Pectins , E955 Sucralose
As written on the pack
carbonated water, mango purée (8%), sugar, acid (malic acid), preservatives (4) e202), antioxidant (ascorbic acid), stabilisers (gellan gum, pectin), flavourings, colour (beta carotene), sweetener (sucralose).
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.
- E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
- E418 Gellan gum Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- 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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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- 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 548 sweetened beverages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 506th. 94% of the sweetened beverages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000382112464, last edited 7 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.