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Is San Pellegrino Limonata ultra-processed?

6 x 33 cl Flavored sparkling waters Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of San Pellegrino Limonata

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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, lemon juice from concentrate 16%, sugar, carbon dioxide, natural lemon flavouring, natural flavourings, stabiliser (pectins), acid (citric acid), sweetener (steviol glycosides from Stevia, From natural, At least 30% less sugar than similar sugar sweetened beverages)

Additives: E290 Carbon dioxide , E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins , E960a Steviol glycosides from Stevia

As written on the pack

Water, lemon juice from concentrate (16%), sugar, carbon dioxide, natural lemon flavouring, natural flavourings, stabiliser: pectins, acid: citric acid, sweetener: steviol glycosides from Stevia. From natural origin. At least 30% less sugar than similar sugar sweetened beverages.

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.

  • E290 Carbon dioxide 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.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • 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.

  • Sodas Products in the category "Sodas" are at least group 3.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 69 flavored sparkling waters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 61st. 90% of the flavored sparkling waters 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 69 flavored sparkling waters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8002270336850, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.