Is Freedom Refined Sunflower Oil ultra-processed?

1 l (982 g) Sunflower oils Sold in the United States and India

Pack of Freedom Refined Sunflower Oil

No, it's a kitchen staple

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

It is pressed or refined from a food and used for cooking, like oil, butter or sugar.

  • 7 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Refined Sunflower Oil 99.99%, tbhq (e319, Antioxidant), vitamins, vitamin A, Vitamin D

Additives: E319 Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq)

As written on the pack

Refined Sunflower Oil: 99.99%, TBHQ (E319): Antioxidant, Vitamin A, Vitamin D

Why it is in group 2

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Fats Products in the category "Fats" are at least group 2.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 sunflower oils

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 11% of the sunflower oils 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 sunflower oils, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8906035030055, last edited 11 February 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.