Calcium oxide (E529)

No. Calcium oxide (E529) 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: 1 of the 10 products here that contain calcium oxide (E529) (10%) are in group 4 because of other ingredients or additives.

More about calcium oxide (E529) on Wikidata

Where it turns up

Calcium oxide (E529) appears in 10 of the 40,000 products on this site (0%).

Products containing calcium oxide (E529)

How the NOVA classification works