Is Sodastream Sod-Concentre Sav Limonade 440 ultra-processed?

440 ml Lemonades Sold in Australia 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
Fructose
E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin

13 ingredients
5 additives

Less processed lemonades

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, Fructose (ultra-processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Lemon, Citric Acid, Cane Juice, Lemon Oil, Lemon Juice Ascorbic Acid, Citric acid, Natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), trisodium citrate, Ascorbic acid Potassium Sorbate, Glycerol esters of wood rosins

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E331iii Trisodium citrate , E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin, E202 Potassium sorbate.

As written on the pack

Water, Fructose, Sugar, Crystallized Lemon (Citric Acid, Cane Juice, Lemon Oil, Lemon Juice Ascorbic Acid, Citric acid, Natural flavor, trisodium citrate, Ascorbic acid Potassium Sorbate, Glycerol esters of wood rosins

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.

E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.

3 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.

E202 Potassium sorbate 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.
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 19 lemonades

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 79% of the lemonades 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 19 lemonades, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8718692616301, last edited 19 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.