Is Cumberland Packing Corp. Zero Calorie Sweetener ultra-processed?

1 g Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

nutritive dextrose, saccharin (ultra-processing marker), cream of tartar, calcium silicate (an anti-caking agent (processing marker))

Additives: E336 Potassium tartrates , E336i Monopotassium tartrate , E552 Calcium silicate , E954 Saccharin and its salts

As written on the pack

NUTRITIVE DEXTROSE, SACCHARIN, CREAM OF TARTAR, CALCIUM SILICATE (AN ANTI-CAKING AGENT).

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E954 Saccharin and its salts Sweeteners are substances used to impart a sweet taste to foods or in table-top sweeteners.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0044800001027, last edited 15 June 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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