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Is Tesco Tropical Juice Drink ultra-processed?

Multifruit juices Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Tesco Tropical Juice Drink

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed multifruit juices

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, fruit juices from concentrate 30% (orange, pineapple, lemon, mandarin, kiwi, passion fruit, lulo), fruit purées 2% (apricot, papaya, mango, banana, guava), sugar, vitamin c, citric acid, flavourings, colour (carotenes), sweetener (sucralose), nutrition typical values as sold per 100ml per 150ml energy 83kj

Additives: E160a Carotene , E330 Citric acid , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

water, fruit juices from concentrate (30%) [orange, pineapple, lemon, mandarin, kiwi, passion fruit, lulo]. fruit purées (2%) [apricot, papaya, mango, banana, guava], sugar, vitamin c, citric acid, flavourings, colour (carotenes), sweetener (sucralose). nutrition typical values as sold per 100ml per 150ml energy 83kj/

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

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.

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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 42 multifruit juices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 41st. 40% of the multifruit juices 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 42 multifruit juices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057753097349, last edited 13 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.