Is Primal Kitchen Buffalo Ranch Dressing & Marinade ultra-processed?

Salad dressings Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Vegetable fiber

21 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score E

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

avocado oil (processing marker), water, cayenne pepper sauce (aged red cayenne peppers, vinegar, salt (processing marker), garlic), apple cider vinegar, egg yolk, mushroom extract, distilled vinegar, garlic powder, citrus fiber (ultra-processing marker), onion powder, sea salt (processing marker), lemon juice concentrate, nutritional yeast, paprika, parsley, black pepper, rosemary extract

Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

AVOCADO OIL, WATER, CAYENNE PEPPER SAUCE (AGED RED CAYENNE PEPPERS, VINEGAR, SALT, GARLIC), ORGANIC APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, EGG YOLK, MUSHROOM EXTRACT, ORGANIC DISTILLED VINEGAR, ORGANIC GARLIC POWDER, CITRUS FIBER, ORGANIC ONION POWDER, SEA SALT, ORGANIC LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, NUTRITIONAL YEAST, ORGANIC PAPRIKA, ORGANIC DRIED PARSLEY, ORGANIC BLACK PEPPER, ORGANIC ROSEMARY EXTRACT

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

2 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.
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 62nd. 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 0840224600088, last edited 12 August 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.