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Sparkling Ice Berry Lemonade
Beverages
📊 NOVA 4🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-Free🥛 Dairy-Free✨ Seed Oil Free

Sparkling Ice Berry Lemonade

Sparkling Ice
17 foz
Available at Foodtown
5
Calories
0g
Protein
0mg
Sodium
59
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Sparkling Ice Berry Lemonade arrives in a bright, single-serve 17 fl oz plastic bottle that you’ll usually spot in the non-alcoholic beverages aisle or in refrigerated grab-and-go coolers alongside other flavored sparkling waters, diet sodas, and vitamin waters. Its label leans into lifestyle marketing: bold berry and lemon graphics, calls out added vitamins, and quietly invokes a “better-for-you” image with terms like “natural flavors” and low-calorie nutrition. Shoppers buy it on quick grocery runs, for packed lunches, road trips, or as a fizzy alternative at barbeques and game-day gatherings. The brand positions itself between refreshment and health — targeting millennials and Gen Z who want sparkle and flavor without sugar; imagery is colorful, social-media friendly, and often tied to active, on-the-go occasions. Label characteristics include vitamin fortification claims and “natural flavors” phrasing, plus a prominent calorie/sugar message that creates a health halo; there’s no organic certification and it’s not marketed to children specifically. In plain terms, this is a highly processed flavored sparkling beverage with added non-nutritive sweetener, stabilizers, color from juices, preservatives, and isolated vitamins. Sensory notes: bright, effervescent carbonation, a forward tart-lemon bite softened by sweet berry aroma, a slightly syrupy aftertaste typical of intense sweeteners, and a light green-tea note from the extract. Rituals around it are casual and portable — cracked open at a desk, stowed in a gym bag, or chilled for backyard sipping — offering a crisp, fizzy lift rather than a whole-food refreshment.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1.0
Servings per Container: 1
Calories5
% Daily Value*
Total Fat0g0%
Saturated Fat0g0%
Sodium0mg0%
Total Carbohydrate0g0%
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

Carbonated, Water,, Contains, 2%, or, Less, of:, Clarified, Lemon, Juice, Concentrate,, Fruit, and, Vegetable, Juice, (for, Color),, Natural, Flavors,, Green, Tea, Extract,, D-Alpha-Tocopherol, Acetate, (Vitamin, E),, Niacinamide, (Vitamin, B3),, Calcium, Pantothenate, (Vitamin, B5),, Pyridoxine, Hydrochloride, (Vitamin, B6),, Biotin,, Cyanocobalamin, (Vitamin, B12),, Sucralose,, Citric, Acid,, Gum, Arabic,, Ester, Gum,, Calcium, Disodium, EDTA, (to, Protect, Flavor),, Potassium, Benzoate, (to, Ensure, Freshness)..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • Ester Gum - Processed emulsifier
  • Calcium Disodium EDTA - Synthetic preservative
  • Potassium Benzoate - Synthetic preservative
No EmulsifierNo Preservative

Dietary Labels

This product is vegan, is gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Contains multiple industrial ingredients and additives (non-nutritive sweetener, emulsifiers, colorings, preservatives, isolated vitamins, and 'natural flavors'), characteristic of ultraprocessed foods classified as NOVA 4.

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Common Questions about Sparkling Ice Berry Lemonade

When we talk about health, it really depends on what you're comparing it to! Sparkling Ice Berry Lemonade is low in calories (just 5 per serving) and has no added sugars, making it a refreshing alternative to sugary sodas. However, it does contain artificial sweeteners and preservatives, so if you're looking for something completely unprocessed, you might want to consider that.

Perfect For

road-trip
game-day-prep
post-workout

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