Is Vive Low Calories Indian Tonic Water ultra-processed?

Tonic water Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Sweetener
E951 Aspartame

11 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed tonic water

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

Carbonated Water, Acid (Citric Acid), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrates), Flavourings (ultra-processing marker) (contains Quinine), Sweetener (ultra-processing marker), Aspartame (ultra-processing marker), Preservative (processing marker) (Sodium Benzoate)

Additives: E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E951 Aspartame

As written on the pack

Carbonated Water, Acid: Citric Acid; Acidity Regulator: Sodium Citrates; Flavourings (contains Quinine); Sweetener. Aspartame; Preservative: Sodium Benzoate.

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.

E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

2 ingredients 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.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 24 tonic water

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 75% of the tonic water 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 24 tonic water, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600264349, last edited 27 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.