Is Good Foods Dill pickle dip ultra-processed?

8 oz Sold in Sweden

Pack of Good Foods Dill pickle dip

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

cauliflower, water, vegetable oil (processing marker), dill pickle relish, pumpkin seed kernels, cucumber, distilled vinegar, cane sugar (processing marker), dijon mustard, dill, nutritional yeast, sea salt (processing marker), garlic, onion, xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), black pepper

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

cauliflower, water, vegetable oil, dill pickle relish, pumpkin seed kernels, cucumber, distilled vinegar, cane sugar, dijon mustard, dill, nutritional yeast, sea salt, granulated garlic, granulated onion, xanthan gum, black pepper

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.
3 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.

  • 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

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0736798000723, last edited 2 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.