Is Asda HONEY & MUSTARD DRESSING Made with blossom honey a ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed salad dressings
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, White Wine Vinegar 15%, Sugar (processing marker), Blossom Honey 8%, Rapeseed Oil, Coarse Grain Mustard 4% (Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt (processing marker)), Dijon Mustard 3%, Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt Yellow Mustard Seeds 1%, Salt (processing marker), Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum (ultra-processing marker)), Mustard, Ccked Black Pepper, Preservative (processing marker) (Potassi Sorbate), Allergy Advice!
Additives: E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
Water, White Wine Vinegar (15%), Sugar, Blossom Honey (8%), Rapeseed Oil, Coarse Grain Mustard (4%) [Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt], Dijon Mustard (3%) [Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt Yellow Mustard Seeds (1%), Salt, Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Mustard Flour, Ccked Black Pepper, Preservative (Potassi Sorbate). Allergy Advice!
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 252 salad dressings
From least to most processed, this one ranks 63rd. 85% of the salad dressings here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057172978618, last edited 16 May 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.