Is V8 Promegranate Blueberry 100 % Juice ultra-processed?

46 fl oz Fruit juices 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:

E160a Carotene

13 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score D

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

vegetable juice fitered water and concentrated juices of serving size 8 fl, oz, carrots, fruit juice, filtered water, apples, white about and servings per container sweet potatoes, purple carrots grapes, blueberries, pomegranates malic acid, vitamin c imount per serving calories 10o natural flavoring (ascorbic acid), beta carotene (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E296 Malic acid

As written on the pack

vegetable juice fitered water and concentrated juices of serving size 8 fl. oz. (240ml) carrots), fruit juice (filtered water and concentrated juices of apples, white about & servings per container sweet potatoes, purple carrots grapes, blueberries, pomegranates malic acid, vitamin c imount per serving calories 10o natural flavoring, (ascorbic acid) beta carotene.

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.

E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 514 fruit juices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 404th. 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 0051000169839, last edited 16 January 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.