Trisodium citrate (E331iii)

No. Trisodium citrate (E331iii) 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

A food additive authorised for industrial food production.

A product that contains it can still be ultra-processed for other reasons: 96 of the 99 products here that contain trisodium citrate (E331iii) (97%) are in group 4 because of other ingredients or additives.

Where it turns up

Trisodium citrate (E331iii) appears in 99 of the 40,000 products on this site (0%).

Products containing trisodium citrate (E331iii)

Showing the 60 most popular of 99.

How the NOVA classification works