Is Bramwells House salad dressing ultra-processed?

250 ml Salad dressings Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
E150a Plain caramel
E415 Xanthan gum

20 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed salad dressings

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Rapeseed Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Sugar (processing marker), Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Salt (processing marker), Spirit Vinegar, Parsley, Oregano, Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum (ultra-processing marker)), Mustard Flour, Preservative (processing marker) (Potassium Sorbate (processing marker)), Black Pepper, Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Plain Caramel (ultra-processing marker)), Garlic Powder, Ginger, Onion Powder

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E202 Potassium sorbate , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Water, Rapeseed Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Sugar, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Salt, Spirit Vinegar, Parsley, Oregano, Stabiliser: Xanthan Gum; Mustard Flour, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate; Ground Black Pepper, Colour: Plain Caramel, Garlic Powder, Ginger Purée, Onion Powder.

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.

E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

4 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 252 salad dressings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 154th. 85% of the salad dressings here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 252 salad dressings, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600238463, last edited 12 July 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.