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Is Eat Smart Sweet Kale Salad Kit ultra-processed?

397 g Prepared salads Sold in Canada

Pack of Eat Smart Sweet Kale Salad Kit

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed prepared salads

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

Green cabbage, Broccoli, Poppyseed dressing (vegetable oil, water, sugar, apple cider vinegar, salt, orange juice, liquid egg yolk, poppyseed, xanthan gum, dehydrated onion, lemon juice concentrate, lemon peel), Kale, Brussels sprouts, Radicchio, cranberries (cranberries, sugar, vegetable oil), pepitas (pepitas, vegetable oil, sea salt)

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Green cabbage, Broccoli, Poppyseed dressing (vegetable oil, water, sugar, apple cider vinegar, salt, orange juice concentrate, liquid egg yolk, poppyseed, xanthan gum, dehydrated onion, lemon juice concentrate, lemon peel), Kale, Brussels sprouts, Radicchio, Dried cranberries (cranberries, sugar, vegetable oil), pepitas (pepitas, vegetable oil, sea salt).

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.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 224 prepared salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 107th. 60% of the prepared salads 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 224 prepared salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0709351303906, last edited 25 May 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.