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Is Sprite 330 ml ultra-processed?

330 ml Lemon soft drinks Sold in the United Kingdom, Belgium and 7 more countries

Pack of Sprite 330 ml

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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed lemon soft drinks

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, carbonic acid, citric acid, acesulfame k, aspartame, neohesperidin dc, sodium benzoate, sodium citrates, natural lemon flavors, lime flavors

Additives: E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E950 Acesulfame k

As written on the pack

water, sugar, carbonic acid, acidifier: citric acid, sweetener: acesulfame k, aspartame and neohesperidin dc, preservative: sodium benzoate, acidity regulator: sodium citrates, natural lemon flavors and lime 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.

  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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 10 lemon soft drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 80% of the lemon soft drinks 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 10 lemon soft drinks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5449000014535, last edited 14 September 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.