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Is Kraft Creamy Poppyseed Dressing ultra-processed?

Salad dressings Sold in the United States

Pack of Kraft Creamy Poppyseed 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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • 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

high fructose corn syrup mat ne soybean oil, modified food starch, salt cn than 2% of dried sour cream (cream culture), whey, poppy seeds dred onnins austard felure polysorbate 60, xanthan glm, giar gim gea grse (color), potassium sorbate, caloum dsi (to protect flavor), cilttfedshim kraft heinz foods company chicago, il 60601 kraft heins resrigsrate aftsropenng shake s 0, 21000 64199 recipes at kraftciressings.com 04050038135800

Additives: E435 Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E435 Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate.

As written on the pack

high fructose corn syrup mat ne soybean oil, modified food starch, salt cn than 2% of dried sour cream (cream culture), whey, poppy seeds dred onnins austard felure polysorbate 60, xanthan glm. giar gim gea grse (color), potassium sorbate and caloum dsi (to protect flavor)- contains: milk. cilttfedshim kraft heinz foods company chicago, il 60601 kraft heins resrigsrate aftsropenng shake s 0. 21000 64199 recipes at kraftciressings.com 04050038135800

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.

  • E435 Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 252 salad dressings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 166th. 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 0021000641994, last edited 30 August 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.