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Is Ken's Steak House Ranch Dressing ultra-processed?

Salad dressings Sold in the United States

Pack of Ken's Steak House Ranch Dressing

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 11 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

soybean oil, water, sugar, egg yolk, distilled vinegar, buttermilk solids, salt, contains less than 2% of monosodium glutamate, garlic, phosphoric acid, onion, xanthan gum, sorbic acid (preservative), disodium phosphate, cream, natural flavor, whey, spice, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, vinegar, buttermilk, milk, sour cream, lactic acid, calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor), citric acid, sodium sulfate, glutamic acid

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E338 Phosphoric acid , E339ii Disodium phosphate , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E415 Xanthan gum , E620 Glutamic acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E621 Monosodium glutamate.

As written on the pack

soybean oil, water, sugar, egg yolk, distilled vinegar, buttermilk solids, salt, contains less than 2% of monosodium glutamate, garlic,* phosphoric acid, onion,* xanthan gum, sorbic acid (preservative), disodium phosphate, cream, natural flavor, whey, spice, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, vinegar powder, buttermilk, milk, sour cream powder, lactic acid, calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor), citric acid, sodium sulfate, glutamic acid,

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.
  • E620 Glutamic acid A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • 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.

  • 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.
4 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 252 salad dressings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 241st. 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 0041335332183, last edited 9 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.