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Is Olive Garden Classic Caesar Dressing ultra-processed?

Salad dressings Sold in the United States

Pack of Olive Garden Classic 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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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, soybean oil, distilled vinegar, parmesa granular cheese (part-skim milk, milk, cheese culture bcymes), red wine vinegar, egg yolk, salt, sugar, garlic lemon juice concentrate, spice, xanthan gum, anchovies, yeast ex molasses potassium sorsate, sodium benzoate (added to w freshness), calcium disodium edta added to protect flavor c se tamarind concentrate natural flavor dehydrated contains anchovies, egg, milk

Additives: E211 Sodium benzoate , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

water, soybean oil, distilled vinegar, parmesa granular cheese (part-skim milk and/or milk, cheese culture bcymes), red wine vinegar, egg yolk, salt, sugar, garlic lemon juice concentrate, spice, xanthan gum, anchovies, yeast ex molasses potassium sorsate and sodium benzoate (added to w freshness), calcium disodium edta added to protect flavor c se tamarind concentrate natural flavor dehydrated contains anchovies, egg, milk.

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.
3 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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 252 salad dressings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 76th. 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 0070200857162, last edited 17 June 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.