Is Chef Select Takeaway Lidl Garlic & Herb Dip ultra-processed?

Dips 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:

Flavouring
Modified starch
E412 Guar gum
E415 Xanthan gum

21 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed dips

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

gastic, parsley dipping sauce, rostredients (rapeseed oil), water, spirit sugar, modified maize starch (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), regulator (lactic acid), mustard, parsley, garlic 0.15%, natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker), stabilisers (guar gum (ultra-processing marker)), xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), preservative (processing marker) (potassium sorbate (processing marker)), lemon juice concentrate, see

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E270 Lactic acid , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

gastic , parsley dipping sauce, rostredients: rapeseed oil, water, spirit sugar, modified maize starch, salt, regulator: lactic acid, mustard flour, dried parsley, 0,15% garlic powder, natural flavouring, stabilisers: guar gum, xanthan gum, preservative: potassium sorbate, lemon juice concentrate, allergy advice: for allergens, see

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.

E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
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.
Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 433 dips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 394th. 43% of the dips 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 433 dips, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489825050, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.