Is Kikkoman Ponzu Citrus Seasoned Dressing & Sauce ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 17 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
soy sauce (processing marker) (water, wheat, soybeans, salt (processing marker)), water, vinegar, sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), bonito extract, lactic acid, lemon juice, autolyzed yeast extract, NATURAL LEMON and ORANGE FLAVORS WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS, sodium benzoate (less than 1, 10 of 1% as a preser)
Additives: E211 Sodium benzoate , E270 Lactic acid
As written on the pack
SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT), WATER, VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, BONITO EXTRACT (FISH), LACTIC ACID, LEMON JUICE, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL LEMON AND ORANGE FLAVORS WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS, SODIUM BENZOATE: LESS THAN 1/10 OF 1% AS A PRESER
What makes it processed
Processed ingredients
Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.
- Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041390020810, last edited 20 November 2025), 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.