Zero Calories Sparkling Mountain Spring Water

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Zero Calories Sparkling Mountain Spring Water scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Artificial Sweeteners (Sucralose): Synthetic sweeteners are definitive UPF markers.
• Artificial Colors (Red 40, Yellow 5): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavors, Green Tea Extract): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Ester Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Water, this product is more processed than about 79% of the 7,149 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Zero Calories Sparkling Mountain Spring Water's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Calcium Disodium Edta, D-Calcium Pantothenate (B5).

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Biotin 1% Trit. (Maltodextrin), Niacinamide (B3), Vitamin B12 0.1% (Mannitol), Vitamin D3, and 1 more.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.