Is Simple Truth Organic Creamy Ranch Dressing ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 22 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Filtered water, soybean oil (processing marker), buttermilk (pasteurized skim milk, skim milk powder (processing marker), cultures, sea salt (processing marker)), white vinegar, sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), egg yolks, onion, buttermilk powder (buttermilk, skim milk), garlic, yeast extract, black pepper, mustard seed, lactic acid, dill, xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
Filtered water, organic soybean oil, organic buttermilk (pasteurized organic skim milk, organic skim milk powder, cultures, sea salt), organic white vinegar, organic sugar, salt, organic egg yolks, organic onion powder, organic buttermilk powder (organic buttermilk, organic skim milk), organic garlic powder, organic yeast extract, organic black pepper, organic ground mustard seed, lactic acid, organic dill, xanthan gum.
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.
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 2,964 sauces
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1658th. 60% of the sauces here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0011110887948, last edited 28 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.