Magnesium stearate (E572)

No. Magnesium stearate (E572) 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 73 products here that contain magnesium stearate (E572) (99%) are in group 4 because of other ingredients or additives.

More about magnesium stearate (E572) on Wikidata

Where it turns up

Magnesium stearate (E572) appears in 73 of the 40,000 products on this site (0%).

Dietary supplements 39 of 1,145 products
Candies 6 of 486 products
Hard candies 3 of 15 products
Products without gluten 3 of 178 products
Vitamin D supplements 3 of 8 products
Vitamin supplements 3 of 35 products

Products containing magnesium stearate (E572)

Showing the 60 most popular of 73.

How the NOVA classification works