Is Waitrose Orange High Juice ultra-processed?

1 L Orange juices Sold in the United Kingdom and Barbados

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

12 ingredients
4 additives

Less processed orange juices

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

Orange juice from concentrate 50%, water, sugar (processing marker), comminuted orange from concentrate 10%, acid (citric acid), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), preservatives (processing marker) (potassium sorbate (processing marker), sodium metabisulphite), antioxidant (ascorbic acid)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Orange juice from concentrate (50%), water, sugar, comminuted orange from concentrate (10%), acid (citric acid), flavourings, preservatives (potassium sorbate, sodium metabisulphite), antioxidant (ascorbic acid)

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.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

3 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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 133 orange juices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 123rd. 12% of the orange juices 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 133 orange juices, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169765722, last edited 2 June 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.