Is Rubicon still Lychee 1lr ultra-processed?

1 litre Fruit juices Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E412 Guar gum
E415 Xanthan gum

10 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed fruit juices

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, Lychee 14%, Sugar (processing marker), Acid (Malic Acid), Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Stabilisers (Guar Gum (ultra-processing marker), Xanthan Gum (ultra-processing marker)), Vitamin C

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

water, Lychee Juice (14%), Sugar, Acid (Malic Acid), Flavourings, Stabilisers (Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum), Vitamin C.

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.

E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 513 fruit juices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 452nd. 35% of the fruit juices 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 513 fruit juices, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5011898001210, last edited 10 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.