Is V8 ENERGY Black Cherry ultra-processed?

237 ml Vegetable-based beverages Sold in the United States and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

17 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score E

Less processed vegetable-based beverages

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, vegetable juice, sweet potatoes, purple carrots, fruit juice, white grapes, apples, cherries, pomegranates, malic acid, natural flavoring (ultra-processing marker), caffeine from black, green tea, vitamin C, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin

Additives: E296 Malic acid

As written on the pack

water, vegetable juice, concentrated juices of sweet potatoes, purple carrots, fruit juice, white grapes, apples, cherries, pomegranates, malic acid, natural flavoring, caffeine from black and green tea, vitamin C, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 31 vegetable-based beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 32% of the vegetable-based beverages 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 vegetable-based beverages, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051000218940, last edited 18 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.