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Is M&S Food creamy caesar dressing ultra-processed?

235 ml Salad dressings Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Food creamy caesar 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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Rapeseed Oil, Water, Vinegar, Sugar, Garlic Purée, Egg, Parmesan Cheese, Worcester Sauce (Water, Sugar, Vinegar, Molasses, Onion, Salt, Tamarind Paste, Garlic Purée, Ground Cloves, Ginger), Full Fat Hard Cheese (Full Fat Hard Cheese, Preservative (Lysozyme)), Salt, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Anchovy Paste, Preservative (e202 Stabiliser, Xanthan Gum), Cracked Black Pepper, Sunflower Oil

Additives: E1105 Lysozyme , E202 Potassium sorbate , E415 Xanthan gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E202 Potassium sorbate.

As written on the pack

Rapeseed Oil, Water, Vinegar, Sugar, Garlic Purée, Pasteurised Egg, Parmesan Cheese (Milk) (2%), Worcester Sauce (Water, Sugar, Vinegar, Molasses, Onion Purée, Salt, Tamarind Paste, Garlic Purée, Ground Cloves, Ginger Purée), Full Fat Hard Cheese (Full Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Preservative: Lysozyme. (Egg)), Salt, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Anchovy Paste (Fish), Preservative: E202 Stabiliser. Xanthan Gum, Cracked Black Pepper, Sunflower Oil

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
7 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 252 salad dressings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 83rd. 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 00154291, last edited 7 July 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.