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Is Sambazon Açaí The Original Superfood Juice ultra-processed?

Juices and nectars Sold in the United States

Pack of Sambazon Açaí The Original Superfood Juice

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed juices and nectars

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

acai juice (filtered water, acai +), cane sugar, tapioca syrup, lime juice, contains less than 0.5% of (flavor), sunflower lecithin, citric acid, fruit, vegetable juice (for color)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Organic acai juice (filtered water, organic fair trade acai puree+), organic cane sugar, organic tapioca syrup, organic lime juice, contains less than 0.5% of: organic flavor, organic sunflower lecithin, citric acid, fruit and vegetable juice (for color).

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 578 juices and nectars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 506th. 36% of the juices and nectars 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 578 juices and nectars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0818411001178, last edited 23 January 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.