Is Hellmann's Creamy Ranch ultra-processed?

245g Dips Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Thickener
E415 Xanthan gum
E440 Pectins

30 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed dips

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

Water, rapeseed oil 29%, skimmed milk yoghurt 20.8%, skimmed milk yoghurt, sugar (processing marker), stabiliser (pectin (ultra-processing marker)), spirit vinegar, modified com starch, E66 yolk 2.5%, sucrose (processing marker), buttermilk powder MILK 1.5%, salt (processing marker), cream powder, herb vinegar 0.8% (spirit vinegar, herb extracts), onion, partic powder, black pepper, preservative (processing marker) (sorbic acid), acid (lactic acid), parsley, flavouring (ultra-processing marker), thickener (ultra-processing marker) (xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker)), antioxidant (calcium disodium EDTA)

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E270 Lactic acid , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E415 Xanthan gum , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Water, rapeseed oil (29%), skimmed milk yoghurt (20.8%) skimmed milk yoghurt (MILK), sugar, stabiliser (pectin), spirit vinegar, modified com starch, E66 yolk (2.5%), sucrose, buttermilk powder MILK (1.5%), salt, cream powder (contains MILK) (1.3%), herb vinegar (0.8%) (spirit vinegar, herb extracts), onion powder, partic powder, black pepper, preservative (sorbic acid), acid (lactic acid), parsley, flavouring, thickener (xanthan gum), antioxidant (calcium disodium EDTA).

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.
E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 433 dips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 395th. 43% of the dips 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 433 dips, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8721201972294, last edited 11 June 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.