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Is VitaLife Organic Kombucha Key Lime ultra-processed?

16oz Kombuchas Sold in the United States

Pack of VitaLife Organic Kombucha Key Lime

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 9 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed kombuchas

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

raw kombucha (filtered water, cane sugar, tea blend, kombucha culture), cane sugar, lime juice concen trate, key lime flavor de111ⓡ bacillus subtilis (probiotic)

As written on the pack

ORGANIC RAW KOMBUCHA (FILTERED WATER, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC TEA BLEND, ORGANIC KOMBUCHA CULTURE), ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC LIME JUICE CONCEN TRATE, ORGANIC KEY LIME FLAVOR DE111Ⓡ BACILLUS SUBTILIS (PROBIOTIC)

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • Microbial culture Microbial cultures ferment foods such as yoghurt, cheese and sourdough.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 96 kombuchas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 59% of the kombuchas 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 96 kombuchas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061461625641, last edited 24 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.