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Is Tuscan Garden Ranch Dressing ultra-processed?

16 fl oz Salad dressings Sold in the United States

Pack of Tuscan Garden Ranch 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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

vegetable oil (soybean, canola), water, sugar, contains less than 2% of egg yolk, salt, buttermilk, natural flavors, spice, dried garlic, dried onion, distilled vinegar, phosphoric acid, yeast extract, xanthan gum, modified food starch, disodium phosphate, potassium sorbate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, calcium disodíum edta

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E338 Phosphoric acid , E339ii Disodium phosphate , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E415 Xanthan gum , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola), water, sugar, contains less than 2% of egg yolk, salt, buttermilk, natural flavors (contain milk), spice, dried garlic, dried onion, distilled vinegar, phosphoric acid, yeast extract, xanthan gum, modified food starch, disodium phosphate, potassium sorbate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, calcium disodíum edta,

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.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 252 salad dressings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 218th. 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 4099100132175, last edited 9 December 2025), 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.