Is Primal Kitchen Cilantro Lime 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:

Colour

24 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

avocado oil (processing marker), water, white balsamic vinegar (wine vinegar, grape must), honey (processing marker), egg yolk, potato starch (processing marker), lime juice concentrate, cilantro, mushroom extract (to maintain freshness (processing marker)), sea salt (processing marker), garlic puree (garlic, water, citric acid), spinach powder (color (ultra-processing marker)), onion, salt (processing marker), tamarind seed gum, dried basil, CON

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

AVOCADO OIL, WATER, ORGANIC WHITE BALSAMIC VINEGAR (ORGANIC WINE VINEGAR, ORGANIC GRAPE MUST), ORGANIC HONEY, ORGANIC EGG YOLK, POTATO STARCH, ORGANIC LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE, CILANTRO, MUSHROOM EXTRACT (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS), SEA SALT, ROASTED GARLIC PUREE (ROASTED GARLIC, WATER, CITRIC ACID), ORGANIC SPINACH POWDER (COLOR), ORGANIC ONION POWDER, SALT, TAMARIND SEED GUM, ORGANIC DRIED BASIL. CON

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.

Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

5 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.

Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
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 65th. 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 0855232007576, last edited 8 January 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.