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Is Tesco No Added Sugar Ginger Beer ultra-processed?

330ml Ginger beer Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco No Added Sugar Ginger Beer

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed ginger beer

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 Water, Flavourings (including Ginger Root Extract), Citric Acid, Acidity Regulator (Trisodium Citrate), Stabilisers (Acacia Gum, Glycerol Esters of Wood Rosins), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Sweetener (Sucralose), Apple, Hibiscus, Molasses

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E331iii Trisodium citrate , E414 Acacia gum , E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin , E955 Sucralose

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin.

As written on the pack

Carbonated Water, Flavourings (including Ginger Root Extract), Citric Acid, Acidity Regulator (Trisodium Citrate), Stabilisers (Acacia Gum, Glycerol Esters of Wood Rosins), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Sweetener (Sucralose), Apple Concentrate. Hibiscus Concentrate, Molasses.

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.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
3 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 ginger beer

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 81% of the ginger beer 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 16 ginger beer, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697745201, 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.
  • 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.