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Is Tropicana Strawberry Peach Refreshers ultra-processed?

Fruit juices Sold in the United States

Pack of Tropicana Strawberry Peach Refreshers

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed fruit 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

Filtered water, sugar, strawberry puree, white grape juice concentrate, apple juice, peach puree, citric acid, orange juice, natural flavors, fruit, vegetable for color, malic acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Filtered water, sugar, strawberry puree concentrate, white grape juice concentrate, apple juice concentrate, peach puree concentrate, citric acid, orange juice concentrate, natural flavors, fruit and vegetable juice concentrate for color, malic acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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 514 fruit juices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 399th. 35% of the fruit 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 514 fruit juices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0048500205914, last edited 15 October 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.