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Is Rubicon SPARKLING PASSION MADE WITH REAL FRUIT JUI ultra-processed?

330ml Sweetened beverages Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Rubicon SPARKLING PASSION MADE WITH REAL FRUIT JUI

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

Carbonated Water, Sugar, Passion Fruit Juice 4%, Acid (Malic Acid), Flavourings, Stabilisers (Gellan Gum, Pectin), Colour (Beta-Carotene), Sweetener (Sucralose), Preservative (Sodium Benzoate, S Rubicon is a registered trade mark owned by Rubicon Drinks Limited Rubicon), A.G, Barr Freepost RTHL-BCIX EKJC, Milton Keynes MK17 8FL, UK, A.G, Barr, Fitzwilliam Hall FP, Dublin, ROI, D02 T292 Please recycle, Our cans are 100% recyclable Ball www.rubicondrinks.co.uk

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E211 Sodium benzoate , E296 Malic acid , E418 Gellan gum , E440 Pectins , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Carbonated Water, Sugar, Passion Fruit Juice From Concentrate (4%), Acid (Malic Acid), Flavourings, Stabilisers (Gellan Gum, Pectin), Colour (Beta-Carotene), Sweetener (Sucralose), Preservative Sodium Benzoate). S Rubicon is a registered trade mark owned by Rubicon Drinks Limited Rubicon, A.G. Barr Freepost RTHL-BCIX EKJC, Milton Keynes MK17 8FL, UK. A.G. Barr, Fitzwilliam Hall FP, Dublin, ROI, D02 T292 Please recycle. Our cans are 100% recyclable Ball www.rubicondrinks.co.uk

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.
2 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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 550 sweetened beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 505th. 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 550 sweetened beverages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5011898001012, last edited 22 July 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.