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Is Ken's Steak House Lite Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette Dressing & Marinade ultra-processed?

32 g Vinaigrettes Sold in the United States

Pack of Ken's Steak House Lite Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette Dressing & Marinade

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed vinaigrettes

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

distilled vinegar, water, vegetable oil (soybean, canola), high fructose corn syrup, sugar, contains less than 2% of (red raspberry), walnuts (tree nuts), salt, NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, garlic, onion, potassium sorbate, calcium disodium edta as preservatives, spice, xanthan gum, maltodextrin, red #40, blue #1, beta carotene

Additives: E129 Allura red , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: RED RASPBERRY JUICE, WALNUTS (TREE NUTS), SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, GARLIC*, ONION*, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA AS PRESERVATIVES, SPICE, XANTHAN GUM, MALTODEXTRIN, RED #40, BLUE #1, BETA CAROTENE.

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.

  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
  • High fructose corn syrup High-fructose corn syrup is made from corn starch: enzymes break it down to glucose and convert part of that into fructose, giving a syrup about as sweet as table sugar.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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

Among 29 vinaigrettes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 29th. 83% of the vinaigrettes 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 29 vinaigrettes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041335001270, last edited 19 May 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.