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Is Waitrose Lime Cordial ultra-processed?

1 litre Fruit juices from concentrate Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Lime Cordial

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed fruit juices from concentrate

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

Water, lime juice from concentrate 30%, acid (citric acid), flavouring, preservatives (potassium sorbate, sodium metabisulphite), antioxidant (ascorbic acid), acidity regulator (sodium citrates), sweetener (sucralose)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Water, lime juice from concentrate (30%), acid (citric acid), flavouring, preservatives (potassium sorbate, sodium metabisulphite), antioxidant (ascorbic acid), acidity regulator (sodium citrates), sweetener (sucralose)

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.

  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 68 fruit juices from concentrate

From least to most processed, this one ranks 54th. 43% of the fruit juices from concentrate 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 68 fruit juices from concentrate, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169765715, 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.