Bacon Cheddar Ranch Dip

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Bacon Cheddar Ranch Dip scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Stabilizers & Gums (Cheddar Cheese [Pasteurized Cow'S Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes And Annatto (Vegetable Color), Anticaking Blend (Potato Starch, Powdered Cellulose)], Seasoning Blend [Maltodextrin, Buttermilk, Salt, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Yeast Extract (Contains Natural Flavor), Lactic Acid, Spices, Carrageenan Gum (Contains Dextrose), Citric Acid, Xanthan Gum And Silicon Dioxide Added To Prevent Caking]): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Smoke Flavor (Water, Natural Hickory Smoke Flavor)): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Cheese, this product is more processed than about 94% of the 19,171 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Bacon Cheddar Ranch Dip's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Mayonnaise (Soybean Oil, Whole Egg, Egg Yolks, Water, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Cane Sugar, Lemon Juice, Mustard Flour, Oleoresin Paprika), Cooked Bacon (Pork Cured With Water, Salt, Sugar, Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite), Maltodextrin, Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Kosher Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.