Is Bramwells Classic Caesar salad dressing ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 31 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed salad dressings
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
rapeseed oil, water, white wine vinegar, sugar (processing marker), garlic purée, cheese powder (processing marker) 1.5%, glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), egg, worcestershire sauce (processing marker) (water, sugar (processing marker), spirit vinegar, molasses (processing marker), onion, cloves, garlic purée, ginger, salt (processing marker), tamarind paste), lemon juice concentrate, yeast extract, flavourings (ultra-processing marker), preservative (processing marker) (potassium sorbate (processing marker)), stabiliser (xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker)), sunflower oil (processing marker), acid (lactic acid), cracked black pepper
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E270 Lactic acid , E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
rapeseed oil, water, white wine vinegar, sugar, garlic purée, cheese powder (1,5%) (milk), glucose syrup, salt,pasteurised dried egg, worcestershire sauce (water, sugar, spirit vinegar, molasses, onion purée, cloves, garlic purée, ginger purée, salt,tamarind paste), lemon juice concentrate, yeast extract, flavourings,preservative: potassium sorbate, stabiliser: xanthan gum, sunflower oil, acid: lactic acid, cracked black pepper,
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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
7 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.
- E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
- Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
Among 252 salad dressings
From least to most processed, this one ranks 179th. 85% of the salad dressings here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600238449, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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.