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Is Taylor Farms Caesar Chopped Kit ultra-processed?

Fruits and vegetables based foods Sold in the United States

Pack of Taylor Farms Caesar Chopped Kit

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:

  • 63 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Romaine lettuce, caesar dressing (soybean oil, water, parmesan cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), egg yolks, red wine vinegar, contains less than 2% of worcestershire sauce (distilled vinegar, molasses, sugar, water, salt, onion, anchovy, garlic, spice, tamarind, natural flavors, chili pepper), salt, lemon juice concentrate, garlic, spice, mustard seed, anchovy, xanthan gum, dehydrated onion, garlic), croutons (wheat flour, sunflower oil, wheat flakes, palm oil shortening, sea salt, whey powder, sugar, cheese powder cheese, whey powder, maltodextrin, yeast, yeast extract, garlic powder, parsley, natural flavor, citric acid, malted barley flour, spices, rosemary extract), parmesan cheese (parmesan cheese (milk, salt, cheese culture, enzymes), powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), potato starch (to prevent caking))

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E415 Xanthan gum , E460 Cellulose , E460ii Powdered cellulose

As written on the pack

Romaine lettuce, caesar dressing (soybean oil, water, parmesan cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], egg yolks, red wine vinegar, contains less than 2% of worcestershire sauce [distilled vinegar, molasses, sugar, water, salt, onion, anchovy, garlic, spice, tamarind extract, natural flavors, chili pepper extract], salt, lemon juice concentrate, garlic, spice, mustard seed, anchovy extract, xanthan gum, dehydrated onion, dehydrated garlic), croutons (wheat flour, sunflower oil, wheat flakes, palm oil shortening*, sea salt, whey powder, sugar, cheese powder cheese, whey powder], maltodextrin, yeast, yeast extract, garlic powder, dehydrated parsley, natural flavor, citric acid, malted barley flour, spices, rosemary extract), parmesan cheese (parmesan cheese [pasteurized milk, salt, cheese culture, enzymes], powdered cellulose [to prevent caking], potato starch [to prevent caking]).

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.
  • E460 Cellulose 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.
  • 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.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
6 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.

  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,787 fruits and vegetables based foods

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2721st. 30% of the fruits and vegetables based foods 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 2,787 fruits and vegetables based foods, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0030223041566, last edited 27 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.