Is vitamin water dragonfruit power-c ultra-processed?

20 fl oz Sweetened 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:

Colour
Flavouring

25 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed sweetened 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

reverse osmosis water, crystalline fructose, cane sugar (processing marker), less than 0.5% of (vitamin c (ascorbic acid)), citric acid, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), dragonfruit extract, vegetable juice (color (ultra-processing marker)), magnesium lactate, calcium lactate, potassium phosphate (electrolyte sources), taurine, vitamin b5 (calcium pantothenate), zinc gluconate, vitamins, vitamin b6, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin b12 (cyanocobalamin), chromium polynicotinate

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E340 Potassium phosphates

As written on the pack

reverse osmosis water, crystalline fructose, cane sugar, less than 0,5% of: vitamin c (ascorbic acid), citric acid, natural flavors, dragonfruit extract, vegetable juice (color), magnesium lactate and calcium lactate and potassium phosphate (electrolyte sources), taurine, vitamin b5 (calcium pantothenate), zinc gluconate, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b12 (cyanocobalamin), chromium polynicotinate,

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.

Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 550 sweetened beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 156th. 94% of the sweetened 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 550 sweetened beverages, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0786162010001, last edited 12 August 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.