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Polydextrose (E1200)

No. Polydextrose (E1200) is not one of the markers Open Food Facts uses to classify a food as processed or ultra-processed, so on its own it doesn't raise a product's NOVA group.

What it is

Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.

A product that contains it can still be ultra-processed for other reasons: 229 of the 229 products here that contain polydextrose (E1200) (100%) are in group 4 because of other ingredients or additives.

Function

Humectant
Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
Stabiliser
Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
Thickener
Thickeners are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff.

Functional class definitions from the EU food additives regulation, via Open Food Facts.

More about polydextrose (E1200) on Wikidata

Where it turns up

Polydextrose (E1200) appears in 229 of the 40,000 products on this site (1%).

Products containing polydextrose (E1200)

Showing the 60 most popular of 229.

How the NOVA classification works