Is Sparkling Ice Classic Lemonade Flavored Sparkling Water ultra-processed?

Waters 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:

Colour
Flavouring
E414 Acacia gum
E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin
E955 Sucralose

26 ingredients
6 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed waters

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

Carbonated water, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, lemon juice concentrate, potassium benzoate (to ensure freshness), sucralose (ultra-processing marker), gum arabic (ultra-processing marker), green tea extract, calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor (processing marker)), ester gum (ultra-processing marker), biotin, niacinamide (vitamin b3), beta carotene (for color (ultra-processing marker)), calcium pantothenate (vitamin b5), vitamins, vitamin b12, vitamin a, vitamins, vitamin d3, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6)

Additives: E212 Potassium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E414 Acacia gum , E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Carbonated water, natural flavors, citric acid, lemon juice concentrate, potassium benzoate (to ensure freshness), sucralose, gum arabic, green tea extract, calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor), ester gum, biotin, niacinamide (vitamin b3), beta carotene (for color), calcium pantothenate (vitamin b5), vitamin b12, vitamin a, vitamin d3, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6).

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.

E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
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.
E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
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.

Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 409 waters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 389th. 62% of the 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 409 waters, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0016571940355, last edited 13 December 2025), 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.