Is Kraft Classic Catalina Dressing ultra-processed?

16 fl oz Salad dressings 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:

Colour
Flavouring
Invert sugar
E171 Titanium dioxide
E420 Sorbitol
E422 Glycerol

9 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed 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

Sugar (processing marker), Invert sugar (ultra-processing marker), water, sorbitol (ultra-processing marker), glycerine (ultra-processing marker), titanium dioxide (ultra-processing marker) (color (ultra-processing marker)), artificial flavor (ultra-processing marker), corn syrup

Additives: E171 Titanium dioxide , E420 Sorbitol , E422 Glycerol

As written on the pack

Sugar, Invert sugar, water, sorbitol, glycerine, titanium dioxide (color), artificial flavor, corn syrup, artificial color: red 40 Contains: Soy, Milk

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.

E171 Titanium dioxide Titanium dioxide is a white pigment.
E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.

Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 252 salad dressings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 222nd. 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 0021000644698, last edited 8 January 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.