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Is Gold Drop Sunflower Oil ultra-processed?

Sunflower oils Sold in the United States and India

Pack of Gold Drop 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.

  • 3 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Ingredients

refined sunflower oil, permitted antioxidants (e319)

Additives: E319 Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq)

As written on the pack

REFINED SUNFLOWER OIL, PERMITTED ANTIOXIDANTS (E319)

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 14th. 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 8906023797014, last edited 1 April 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.