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Is Tropicana Light Orange Juice ultra-processed?

46 oz Orange juices Sold in the United States

Pack of Tropicana Light Orange Juice

No, it's unprocessed or minimally processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

None of its ingredients counts as a sign of processing in NOVA.

  • 5 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Filtered water, pasteurized orange juice, orange juice, malic acid, citric acid

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Filtered water, pasteurized orange juice, orange juice concentrate, malic acid, citric acid.

Among 133 orange juices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 116th. 12% of the orange 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 133 orange juices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0048500205792, last edited 24 November 2025), 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.