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Is Pizza Express Vegan House Light Dressing ultra-processed?

235ml Salad dressings Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Pizza Express Vegan House Light 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
  • 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

White Wine Vinegar 35%, Rapeseed Oil 30%, Water, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Seasoning (Garlic, Tamarind, Dried Oregano, Parsley), Salt, Modified Potato Starch, Mustard, Thickener (Xanthan Gum), Black Pepper, Molasses, Barley Malt Vinegar, Onion, Ginger, including cereals containing gluten

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

White Wine Vinegar (35%), Rapeseed Oil (30%), Water, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Seasoning (Garlic Powder, Tamarind Powder, Dried Oregano, Parsley), Salt, Modified Potato Starch, Mustard Flour, Thickener (Xanthan Gum), Black Pepper, Molasses, Barley Malt Vinegar, Onion Powder, Ginger Purée. ALLERGY ADVICE For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold.

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.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
  • 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.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 252 salad dressings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 141st. 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 5039303004731, last edited 27 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.