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Is The Juice Company Vitamin water Orange, mango & passionfruit ultra-processed?

500ml Still fruit soft drinks Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of The Juice Company Vitamin water Orange, mango & passionfruit

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 6 additives

Less processed still fruit soft drinks

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

spring water, orange juice from concentrate 4.5%, mango juice 19%, passionfruit juice 0.5%, acidity regulator, citric acid, colour (beta-carotene), flavouring, antioxidant (ascorbic acid), l-leucine, vitamin c, sweetener (sucralose), l-isoleucine, l-valine, niacinamide, pantothenic acid, vitamin b6, vitamins, vitamin b1, folic acid, biotin, vitamin b12

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E641 Leucine , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

spring water, orange juice from concentrate (4,5%), mango juice from concentrate (19%), passionfruit juice from concentrate (0,5%), acidity regulator, citric acid, colour: beta-carotene, flavouring, antioxidant:ascorbic acid, l-leucine, vitamin c, sweetener: sucralose, l-isoleucine, l-valine, niacinamide, pantothenic acid, vitamin b6, vitamin b1, folic acid, biotin, vitamin b12,

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.
  • E641 Leucine A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 31 still fruit soft drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 27th. 94% of the still fruit soft drinks 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 31 still fruit soft drinks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600260365, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.