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Is Vitamin Well Awake ultra-processed?

500mL Sold in France

Pack of Vitamin Well Awake

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

vatten, fruktsocker, surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra, kalciumkarbonat), svartvinbärsextrakt, koffein, vitaminer, vitamin D3, vitamin E, niacin, folsyra, B12, biotin, pantotensyra, mineraler (magnesium, zink, selen), aromer, färgande livsmedel (av morot, blåbär)

Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

vatten, fruktsocker, surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra, kalciumkarbonat), svartvinbärsextrakt (80mg), koffein (75mg), vitaminer (D3, E, niacin, folsyra, B12, biotin, pantotensyra), mineraler (magnesium, zink, selen), aromer, färgande livsmedel (koncentrat av morot och blåbär).

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.

  • E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
  • 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.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7350042716678, last edited 25 March 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.