Is Sparkling Ice Sparking Ice - Fruit Punch Sparkling Water ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
carbonated water, apple juice, fruit, vegetable juice, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), green tea extract, d-alpha-tocopherol acetate (vitamin e), niacinamide (vitamin b3), calcium pantothenate (vitamin b5), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), biotin, cyanocobalamin, sucralose (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, tartaric acid, gum arabic (ultra-processing marker), ester gum (ultra-processing marker), calcium disodium edta, potassium benzoate
Additives: E212 Potassium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E334 L(+)-tartaric acid , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E414 Acacia gum , E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin , E955 Sucralose
As written on the pack
carbonated water, apple juice concentrate, fruit and vegetable juice, natural flavors, green tea extract, d-alpha-tocopherol acetate (vitamin e), niacinamide (vitamin b3), calcium pantothenate (vitamin b5), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), biotin, cyanocobalamin (vitamin b12), sucralose, citric acid, tartaric acid, gum arabic, ester gum, calcium disodium edta, potassium benzoate
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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0016571954369, last edited 29 July 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.