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Is Wish-Bone Ranch Dressing ultra-processed?

15 fl oz (444 ml) Products without gluten Sold in the United States, Bolivia and French Polynesia

Pack of Wish-Bone 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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed products without gluten

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

soybean oil, water, sugar, salt distilled vinegar 2%, buttermilk, egg yolks, modified corn starch, dried garlic, xanthan gum, disodium phosphate, monosodium glutamate, dried onion, natural flavor, spice, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, paprika (color), phosphoric acid, sorbic acid, calcium disodium edta

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E338 Phosphoric acid , E339ii Disodium phosphate , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E415 Xanthan gum , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, SUGAR, 2% SALT DISTILLED VINEGAR, BUTTERMILK, EGG YOLKS, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, DRIED GARLIC, XANTHAN GUM, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, DRIED ONION, NATURAL FLAVOR, SPICE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, PAPRIKA EXTRACTIVES (COLOR), PHOSPHORIC ACID, SORBIC ACID, CALCIUM DISODIUM 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.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • 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.
3 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.

  • 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 178 products without gluten

From least to most processed, this one ranks 151st. 74% of the products without gluten 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 178 products without gluten, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041321005756, last edited 14 January 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.