Is Vitamin Water Zero Sugar Lemonade Squeezed ultra-processed?

Lemonades 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:

Flavouring
E414 Acacia gum
E960 Steviol glycosides
E968 Erythritol

26 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed lemonades

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, less than 1% of (erythritol (ultra-processing marker)), citric acid, calcium phosphate, magnesium lactate, calcium lactate, potassium phosphate (electrolyte source), gum acacia (ultra-processing marker), phosphoric acid, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), stevia leaf extract (ultra-processing marker), natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), zinc gluconate, glycerol ester of rosin, vitamins, vitamin b5, calcium pantothenate, vitamin e (alpha-tocopheryl acetate), vitamins, vitamin b6, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin a palmitate

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E338 Phosphoric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E960 Steviol glycosides , E968 Erythritol

As written on the pack

Reverse osmosis water, less than 1% of: erythritol, citric acid, calcium phosphate, magnesium lactate and calcium lactate and potassium phosphate (electrolyte source), gum acacia, phosphoric acid, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), stevia leaf extract, natural flavors, zinc gluconate, glycerol ester of rosin, vitamin b5 (calcium pantothenate), vitamin e (alpha-tocopheryl acetate), vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin a palmitate.

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.

E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
E968 Erythritol Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
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.

Sodas Products in the category "Sodas" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 19 lemonades

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 79% of the lemonades 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 19 lemonades, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0786162002976, last edited 31 July 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.