Is Kernel Season's Llc Butter Popcorn seasoning imp ultra-processed?

80 Condiments Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose
Maltodextrin
Whey
E627 Disodium guanylate
E631 Disodium inosinate

11 ingredients
2 additives

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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

Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), butter blend (whey (ultra-processing marker), butter (processing marker), buttermilk), salt (processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), oleoresin turmeric, disodium inosinate (ultra-processing marker), disodium guanylate (ultra-processing marker), silicon dioxide added to prevent caking

Additives: E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

Maltodextrin, butter blend (whey, butter, buttermilk), salt, dextrose, oleoresin turmeric, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate. silicon dioxide added to prevent caking.

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.

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.

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.
Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.

2 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.

Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 3,645 condiments

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3427th. 55% of the condiments 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.

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About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0670171454546, last edited 3 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.