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Is Hellmann's Smokey Caesar ultra-processed?

210 ml Caesar salad dressings Sold in Sweden

Pack of Hellmann's Smokey 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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed caesar salad dressings

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

Vatten, rapsolja, äppelcidervinäger (cidervinäger, koncentrerad äpplemust), ost 3.5%, majsstärkelse, vitlökspasta, äggula, salt, vitlöks, citronjuicekoncentrat, guarkärnmjöl, svartpeppar

Additives: E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Vatten, rapsolja, äppelcidervinäger (cidervinäger, koncentrerad äpplemust), ost 3,5 %, majsstärkelse, vitlökspasta, äggula, salt, rökt vitlökspulver, citronjuicekoncentrat, stabiliseringsmedel (guarkärnmjöl), svartpeppar.

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 caesar salad dressings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 75% of the caesar 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 8 caesar salad dressings, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8711200496044, last edited 17 September 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.