Is Talkingrain Beverage Company Pink Grapefruit Naturally Flavored Sparkling Mountain Spring 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:
- 14 ingredients
- 5 additives
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
carbonated mountain spring water, grapefruit juice, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, potassium benzoate (to ensure freshness), sucralose (ultra-processing marker), green tea extract, calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor (processing marker)), red #40 (ultra-processing marker), biotin 1% trit (maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker)), niac
Additives: E129 Allura red , E212 Potassium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E955 Sucralose
As written on the pack
CARBONATED MOUNTAIN SPRING WATER, GRAPEFRUIT JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (TO ENSURE FRESHNESS), SUCRALOSE, GREEN TEA EXTRACT, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), RED #40, BIOTIN 1% TRIT. (MALTODEXTRIN), NIAC
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.
- E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
- 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0016571910372, last edited 4 September 2025), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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- 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.