Is Great Value Iodized Salt ultra-processed?

26 oz Iodised salts Sold in the United States

Pack of Great Value Iodized Salt

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:

  • 5 ingredients
  • 4 additives

Less processed iodised salts

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

salt, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), potassium iodide, sodium bicarbonate, yellow prussiate of soda

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E535 Sodium ferrocyanide , potassium iodide

As written on the pack

salt, dextrose, potassium iodide, sodium bicarbonate, yellow prussiate of soda.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 iodised salts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 60% of the iodised salts 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 10 iodised salts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0078742353388, last edited 11 March 2025), 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.