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Is Cedar's Tzatziki Cucumber Garlic Dill ultra-processed?

12 oz Tzatzikis Sold in the United States

Pack of Cedar's Tzatziki Cucumber Garlic Dill

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed tzatzikis

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

Yogurt, grade a pasteurized skim milk, cream, milk protein concentrate, food starch, gelatin, pectin, cultures (streptococcus thermophilus, lactobacillus delbrueckii sub sp, bulgarious, lactobacillus paracase, propionibacterium freudenreichii shermanii), cucumber, garlic, sea salt, white vinegar, dill, natamycin

Additives: E235 Natamycin , E428 Gelatine , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Yogurt (grade a pasteurized skim milk, cream, milk protein concentrate, food starch, gelatin, pectin, cultures {streptococcus thermophilus, lactobacillus delbrueckii sub sp. bulgarious, lactobacillus paracase, propionibacterium freudenreichii shermanii}, cucumber, garlic, sea salt, white vinegar, dill, natamycin.

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.

  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.

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.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
2 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 tzatzikis

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 39% of the tzatzikis 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 18 tzatzikis, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0044115128402, last edited 3 June 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.