Is Tesco French 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:
- 17 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed salad dressings
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
water, rapeseed oil, sugar (processing marker), lemon juice from concentrate, white wine vinegar, Dijon mustard 7%, extra virgin olive oil (processing marker), cornflour, salt (processing marker), parsley, thyme, garlic puree, black pepper, thickener (ultra-processing marker) (xanthum gum), preservative (processing marker) (potassium sorbate (processing marker))
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate
As written on the pack
water, rapeseed oil, sugar, lemon juice from concentrate, white wine vinegar, Dijon mustard (7%), extra virgin olive oil, cornflour, salt, parsley, thyme, garlic puree, black pepper, thickener (xanthum gum), preservative (potassium sorbate),
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.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
5 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- 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.
Among 252 salad dressings
From least to most processed, this one ranks 57th. 85% of the salad dressings here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5051622956072, last edited 1 April 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.