Is Sanpellegrino Aranciata Rossa Blood Orange ultra-processed?

330ml Carbonated fruit soft drink Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E290 Carbon dioxide

9 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed carbonated fruit soft drink

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, sugar (processing marker), orange juice, blood orange juice, carbon dioxide (ultra-processing marker), lemon juice concentrate, orange extract (ultra-processing marker), black carrot extract, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E290 Carbon dioxide

As written on the pack

water, sugar, orange juice concentrate, blood orange juice concentrate, carbon dioxide, lemon juice concentrate, orange extract, black carrot extract, natural flavors

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.
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 45 carbonated fruit soft drink

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 84% of the carbonated fruit soft drink 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 45 carbonated fruit soft drink, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041508992688, last edited 1 April 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.