Is Wang Aloe ultra-processed?

500 ml Aloe Vera drinks Sold in the United States, Bolivia and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Fructose
E102 Tartrazine
E133 Brilliant blue FCF
E327 Calcium lactate

10 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed aloe Vera drinks

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, aloe vera gel, sugar (processing marker), fructose (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, calcium lactate (ultra-processing marker), vitamin c, aloe flavor, fd&c blue # 1 (ultra-processing marker), fd&c yellow # 5 (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E327 Calcium lactate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

WATER, ALOE VERA GEL, SUGAR, FRUCTOSE, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM LACTATE, VITAMIN C, ALOE FLAVOR, FD&C BLUE # 1, FD&C YELLOW # 5.

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.

E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
E327 Calcium lactate Thickeners are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff.

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.

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.

Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 aloe Vera drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 83% of the aloe Vera drinks 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 12 aloe Vera drinks, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0087703138322, last edited 18 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.