Is Tesco Diet Cola ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Open Food Facts counts every product in its category, sodas, as at least group 3.
- 6 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score B
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NOVA group
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Ingredients
sugar carbonated cola flavour soft dgetable concentrates, apple, carrot, molassc typical values as sold 100m energy nutrition allergy advice for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, fat
As written on the pack
sugar carbonated cola flavour soft dgetable concentrates (apple. carrot, molassc typical values as sold 100m energy nutrition allergy advice for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. fat
What makes it processed
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Sodas Products in the category "Sodas" are at least group 3.
Among 142 colas
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 99% of the colas here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000436777588, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.