Is V8 ENERGY Peach Mango ultra-processed?

8oz (237mL) Energy drink with sugar Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Fruit juice concentrate
E955 Sucralose

22 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

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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, carrots, yellow carrots), fruit juice concentrate (ultra-processing marker) (apples, peaches, oranges), natural flavoring (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, mango puree, caffeine from black, green tea, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), sucralose (ultra-processing marker), niacinamide (vitamin b3), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), cyanocobalamin

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

WATER, VEGETABLE JUICE CONCENTRATE (, SWEET POTATOES, CARROTS, YELLOW CARROTS), FRUIT JUICE CONCENTRATE (APPLES, PEACHES, ORANGES), NATURAL FLAVORING, CITRIC ACID, MANGO PUREE, CAFFEINE FROM BLACK AND GREEN TEA, VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID), SUCRALOSE, NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), CYANOCOBALAMIN (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.

E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 33 energy drink with sugar

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 97% of the energy drink with sugar 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 33 energy drink with sugar, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051000196200, last edited 18 May 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.