Is Zeroh ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 8 additives
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
700 l804 ser (water), acidity regulator (citric acid, trisodium citrate), sweetener (ultra-processing marker) (sucralose (ultra-processing marker), steviol glycoside (ultra-processing marker)), natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker), preservative (processing marker) (potassium sorbate (processing marker)), stabiliser (acacia gum (ultra-processing marker)), vegetable oil (processing marker) (rapeseed oil, coconut oil), natural colour (ultra-processing marker) (safflower, lemon), antioxidant (ascorbic acid), extract from the plant stevia rebaudiana, nutritional value nck energy 0
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E331iii Trisodium citrate , E414 Acacia gum , E955 Sucralose , E960 Steviol glycosides
As written on the pack
700 l804 ser: water, acidity regulator (citric acid, trisodium citrate), sweetener (sucralose, steviol glycoside*), natural flavouring, preservative (potassium sorbate), stabiliser (acacia gum), vegetable oil (rapeseed oil, coconut oil), natural colour (safflower and lemon concentrate), antioxidant (ascorbic acid), extract from the plant stevia rebaudiana, nutritional value nck energy 0
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.
- E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
- E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
- E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
- 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.
- Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7070841004164, last edited 29 May 2023), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- 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.