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Is Great Value Creamy Caesar ultra-processed?

16 fl oz (1 pt) 473 mL Salad dressings Sold in the United States

Pack of Great Value Creamy Caesar

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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Soybean oil, water, parmesan, romano cheeses (pasteurized part skim milk, salt, enzymes), distilled vinegar, egg yolk, sugar, salt, contains less than 2% of red wine vinegar, dried garlic, spice, phosphate acid, anchovies, whey, dried onion, xanthan gum, citric acid, modified food starch, molasses, disodium phosphate, corn syrup, yeast extract, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate natural flavor, caramel color, tamarind, sodium lactate, potassium sorbate, calcium disodium edta (as preservatives)

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E202 Potassium sorbate , E325 Sodium lactate , E330 Citric acid , E339ii Disodium phosphate , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E415 Xanthan gum , E627 Disodium guanylate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

Soybean oil, water, parmesan and romano cheeses (cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, enzymes), distilled vinegar, egg yolk, sugar, salt, contains less than 2% of red wine vinegar, dried garlic, spice, phosphate acid, anchovies, whey, dried onion, xanthan gum, citric acid, modified food starch, molasses, disodium phosphate, corn syrup, yeast extract, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate natural flavor, caramel color, tamarind, sodium lactate, potassium sorbate and calcium disodium edta (as preservatives).

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.

  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E325 Sodium lactate Antioxidants are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by oxidation, such as fat rancidity and colour changes.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
7 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 252 salad dressings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 238th. 85% of the salad dressings 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 252 salad dressings, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0078742230313, last edited 16 July 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.