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Is Talkingrain Beverage Company Peach Nectarine Naturally Flavored Sparkling Mountain Spring Water ultra-processed?

240 ml Flavored sparkling waters Sold in the United States

Pack of Talkingrain Beverage Company Peach Nectarine Naturally Flavored Sparkling Mountain Spring Water

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 5 additives

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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 mountain spring water, natural flavors, peach juice, malic acid, ester gum, potassium benzoate (to ensure freshness), sucralose, green tea extract, calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor), biotin 1% trit (maltodextrin), niacinami

Additives: E212 Potassium benzoate , E296 Malic acid , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

CARBONATED MOUNTAIN SPRING WATER, NATURAL FLAVORS, PEACH JUICE CONCENTRATE, MALIC ACID, ESTER GUM, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (TO ENSURE FRESHNESS), SUCRALOSE, GREEN TEA EXTRACT, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), BIOTIN 1% TRIT. (MALTODEXTRIN), NIACINAMI

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.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 69 flavored sparkling waters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 62nd. 90% of the flavored sparkling 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 69 flavored sparkling waters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0016571940348, last edited 3 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.