Is Trader Joe's Sparkling Guava ultra-processed?

8.45 oz Carbonated fruit soft drink with less than 10% of fruit juice Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Sugar

11 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed carbonated fruit soft drink

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

Guava, citric acid, ascorbic acid, sodium, total carbohydrates, dietary fiber, total sugars, added sugars (processing marker), protein, calcium, potassium

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Guava, citric acid, ascorbic acid, sodium, total carbohydrates, dietary fiber, total sugars, added sugars, protein, calcium, potassium.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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 15 carbonated fruit soft drink with less than 10% of fruit juice

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 80% of the carbonated fruit soft drink with less than 10% of fruit juice 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 15 carbonated fruit soft drink with less than 10% of fruit juice, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00789110, last edited 10 July 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.