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Ume Sparkling Juice, 8.45 FZ
beverages/soft-drinks
📊 NOVA 3🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-Free🥛 Dairy-Free🌿 Organic✨ Seed Oil Free

Ume Sparkling Juice, 8.45 FZ

KIMINO DRINKS
Available at Whole Foods
58
Calories
0g
Protein
13g
Sugars
0mg
Sodium
11
Ingredients

What You Should Know

You'd spot this slim bottle in the refrigerated drinks aisle or on a craft beverage shelf — a grab-and-go fizzy alternative to soda for a quick pick-me-up at a café, convenience store, or picnic. The tart-sweet ume plum gives a nostalgic, slightly sophisticated vibe that feels refreshing and mildly indulgent. The simple ingredient list (sparkling water, plum juice/puree, organic cane sugar) plus carbonation and likely pasteurization point to packaged, industrial processing typical of processed beverages rather than minimally processed whole fruit.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 BOTTLE(8.45
Servings per Container: 1
Calories58
% Daily Value*
Total Fat0g0%
Saturated Fat0g0%
Sodium0mg0%
Total Carbohydrate15g5%
Total Sugars13g
Protein0g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

SPARKLING, WATER, UME, PLUM, JUICE, ORGANIC, CANE, SUGAR, UME, PLUM, PUREE.

Dietary Labels

This product is vegan, is gluten-free, and is organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:3 / 4

Processed Food

Why this score?

Contains added (organic) cane sugar and is a packaged, carbonated fruit beverage with puree — industrially processed for shelf/stability but without extensive formulations of additives, aligning with NOVA group 3 (processed foods).

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Common Questions about Ume Sparkling Juice, 8.45 FZ

Healthiness can be a bit subjective! Ume Sparkling Juice is low in calories (just 58 per bottle) and made with simple, organic ingredients, which is a plus. However, it does contain 13 grams of sugar, mostly from the ume plum juice and puree, so if you're watching your sugar intake, keep that in mind.

Perfect For

weekend-brunch
road-trip
movie-night

Vibe:

nostalgicrefreshingconvenient
$3.79
per package