Is Santa Maria Dip Tex Mex Style ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 33 ingredients
- 9 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed dips
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Vatten, lök, tomat, solrosolja (processing marker), paprika, modifierad stärkelse (ultra-processing marker) (tapioka), vassleprotein (ultra-processing marker), avokado 1.5%, salt (processing marker), socker (processing marker), jalapeño, vitlök, surhetsregle, rande medel (e270, e338, e575, e330), aromer (ultra-processing marker) (avokado, grön chili), jästextrakt, cayennepeppar, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e415 (ultra-processing marker)), emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e450a, e471 (ultra-processing marker)), färgämnen (ultra-processing marker) (e141 (ultra-processing marker), e100 (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins , E14XX Modified Starch , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E338 Phosphoric acid , E415 Xanthan gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E575 Glucono-delta-lactone
As written on the pack
Vatten, lök, tomat, solrosolja, paprika, modifierad stärkelse (tapioka), VASSLEPROTEIN (MJÖLK), avokado (1,5 %), salt, socker, jalapeño, vitlök, surhetsregle - rande medel (E270, E338, E575, E330), aromer (avokado, grön chili), jästextrakt, cayennepeppar, maltodextrin, förtjockningsmedel (E415), emulgeringsmedel (E450a, E471), färgämnen (E141, E100).
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.
- E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- 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.
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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
4 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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 433 dips
From least to most processed, this one ranks 433rd. 43% of the dips here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7311310038342, last edited 1 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.