Is Primal Kitchen Ranch Dressing & Marinade ultra-processed?

8 oz 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:

E412 Guar gum
E414 Acacia gum

18 ingredients
5 additives
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, apple cider vinegar, distilled vinegar, gum acacia (ultra-processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), cream of tartar, sea salt (processing marker), eggs, onion, garlic, lemon juice concentrate, nutritional yeast, parsley, chives, dill, black pepper, rosemary extract

Additives: E336 Potassium tartrates , E336i Monopotassium tartrate , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E412 Guar gum , E414 Acacia gum

As written on the pack

Avocado oil, water, organic apple cider vinegar, organic distilled vinegar, organic gum acacia, organic guar gum, cream of tartar, sea salt, organic eggs, organic onion powder, organic garlic powder, organic lemon juice concentrate*, nutritional yeast, organic parsley, organic chives, organic dill, organic black pepper, organic rosemary extract

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.

E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.

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 132nd. 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 0863699000146, last edited 9 May 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.