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Is Marks & Spencer Reduced fat caesar dressing ultra-processed?

235 ml Caesar salad dressings Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marks & Spencer Reduced fat caesar dressing

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

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

Water, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Cornflour, Hard Cheese, Vinegar .Salt Dried Onions, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Worcester Sauce (Water (Sugar Vinegar, Onion, Salt, Tamarind Paste Cloves Ginger Purée, Garlic Purée)), Cracked Black Pepper, e202, Anchovies, Olive Oil

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate

As written on the pack

Water. Rapeseed Oil. Sugar. Pasteurised Egg Yolk. Cornflour. Italian Hard Cheese (Milk) (2%) Vinegar .Salt Dried Onions. Concentrated Lemon Juice. Worcester Sauce (Water: Sugar Vinegar. Molasses Onion Purée · Salt. Tamarind Paste Cloves Ginger Purée. Garlic Purée) Cracked Black Pepper. Preservative: E202 - Anchovies (Fish). Olive Oil.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

Culinary ingredients

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

  • 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.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 caesar salad dressings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 75% of the caesar 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 8 caesar salad dressings, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00154277, last edited 25 March 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.