Is Lemon pepper ultra-processed?

24 oz Condiments Sold in the United States

Pack of Lemon pepper

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 8 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed condiments

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

Salt (processing marker), citric acid, dehydrated onion, spices, garlic, silicon dioxide (to prevent caking (processing marker)), oil of lemon

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Salt, citric acid, dehydrated onion, spices, dehydrated garlic, silicon dioxide (to prevent caking) and oil of lemon.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 3,648 condiments

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1255th. 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.

All 3,648 condiments, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0033844006174, last edited 4 September 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.