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Is Skinnygirl Buttermilk Ranch ultra-processed?

8 oz Salad dressings Sold in the United States

Pack of Skinnygirl Buttermilk Ranch

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 11 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Water, distilled vinegar, maltodextrin, sorbitol, cellulose gel, buttermilk, salt, garlic, onion, propylene glycol alginate, lactic acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, calcium disodium edta (to preserve freshness), titanium dioxide (color), black pepper, phosphoric acid, parsley, citric acid, sucralose, celery, natural flavor

Additives: E171 Titanium dioxide , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E338 Phosphoric acid , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E405 Propane-1‚2-diol alginate , E415 Xanthan gum , E420 Sorbitol , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Water, distilled vinegar, maltodextrin, sorbitol, cellulose gel, buttermilk, salt, garlic, onion, propylene glycol alginate, lactic acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate and calcium disodium edta (to preserve freshness), titanium dioxide (color), black pepper, phosphoric acid, parsley, citric acid, sucralose, ground celery, natural flavor.

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.

  • E171 Titanium dioxide Titanium dioxide is a white pigment.
  • E405 Propane-1‚2-diol alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 252 salad dressings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 246th. 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 0074683005942, last edited 23 September 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.