Is Lidl Potato salad ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 25 ingredients
- 9 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed potato salads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
cooked potato 61.5%, water, yogurt dressing 9.8% (whole milk, modified maize starch (ultra-processing marker), pectins (ultra-processing marker)), rapeseed oil, sugar (processing marker), chives, onion, spirit vinegar, maize, potato, salt (processing marker), egg yolk, spices (mustard seeds, turmeric, chilli pepper), potassium < sorbate (processing marker), citric acid, lactic acid, guar gum (ultra-processing marker), xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), sodium acetate
Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E202 Potassium sorbate , E262 Sodium acetates , E262i Sodium acetate , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E440 Pectins
As written on the pack
61,5% cooked potato, water, 9,8% yogurt dressing (whole milk, modified maize starch, stabiliser: pectins), rapeseed oil, sugar, chives, onion, spirit vinegar, modified starch (maize, potato), salt, egg yolk, spices (mustard seeds, turmeric, chilli pepper), preservative: potassium < sorbate, acids: citric acid, lactic acid, thickeners: guar gum, xanthan gum, acidity regulator: sodium acetate, allergy advice: for allergens, see ingredients in bold, may also contain celery, crustaceans, fish, nuts, peanuts, sesame, soya a cereals containing gluten,
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.
- E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- 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.
5 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.
- E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 28 potato salads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 28th. 89% of the potato salads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20651763, last edited 16 September 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.