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Is Tesco Simple Side Salad with Chive Dressing ultra-processed?

165g Prepared salads Sold in the United Kingdom and Austria

Pack of Tesco Simple Side Salad with Chive Dressing

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Iceberg Lettuce, Apollo Lettuce, Crème Fraîche 18%, Chive Dressing 18% (Rapeseed Oil, Crème Fraîche, Water, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Chive, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Salt, Stabilisers (Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate)), Red Pepper, Sweetcorn (Sweetcorn, Sugar, Salt), White Cabbage, Carrot

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Iceberg Lettuce, Apollo Lettuce, Crème Fraîche and Chive Dressing (18%) [Rapeseed Oil, Crème Fraîche (Milk), Water, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Chive, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Salt, Stabilisers (Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate)], Red Pepper, Sweetcorn [Sweetcorn, Sugar, Salt], White Cabbage, Carrot. Allergy Advice

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
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.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 224 prepared salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 144th. 60% of the prepared salads 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 224 prepared salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 03340042, last edited 20 June 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.