Sodium hydroxide (E524)

No. Sodium hydroxide (E524) 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: 72 of the 82 products here that contain sodium hydroxide (E524) (88%) are in group 4 because of other ingredients or additives.

More about sodium hydroxide (E524) on Wikidata

Where it turns up

Sodium hydroxide (E524) appears in 82 of the 40,000 products on this site (0%).

Products containing sodium hydroxide (E524)

Showing the 60 most popular of 82.

How the NOVA classification works