Is V8 Vegetable Cocktail with Low Sodium ultra-processed?

156 mL Vegetable juices Sold in Canada

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt

18 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score B

Less processed vegetable 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

water, tomato paste, concentrate of (carrots, celery, beets, parsley, lettuce, watercress spinach), white grape juice concentrate, potassium chloride, carrot juice, salt (processing marker), natural flavours ascorbic acid (vitamin c), seasoning, citric acid (ph adjusting agent)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

WATER, TOMATO PASTE, JUICE CONCENTRATE OF (CARROTS, CELERY, BEETS, PARSLEY, LETTUCE, WATERCRESS SPINACH), WHITE GRAPE JUICE CONCENTRATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, CARROT JUICE CONCENTRATE, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOURS ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), SEASONING AND CITRIC ACID (PH ADJUSTING AGENT).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 27 vegetable juices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 22% of the vegetable 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 27 vegetable juices, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0063211158823, last edited 1 April 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.