Ultimate Caesar Premium Kit, Ultimate Caesar
The processing score reflects 50 ingredients, including enriched flour or grain, emulsifiers or gums and natural flavoring. No nutrient exceeds our high thresholds.
Nutrition Highlights
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* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
Ingredients
33 listed · 5 flagged for reviewVEGETABLES: ROMAINE LETTUCE. DRESSING: SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), CORN VINEGAR, SALT, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, EGG YOLKS, ANCHOVY, CITRIC ACID, SPICES, XANTHAN GUM, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVORS (MILK), DEHYDRATED ONION. CROUTONS: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CANOLA OIL, EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: WHEY, YEAST, GARLIC POWDER, ROMANO CHEESE MADE FROM COW'S MILK (PART SKIM MILK, CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), DRIED TOMATO, DRIED PARSLEY, YEAST EXTRACT, WHITE VINEGAR, NATURAL FLAVOR, BUTTERMILK, ROSEMARY EXTRACTIVES, ASCORBIC ACID (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS). CHEESE: PASTEURIZED COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, POWDERED CELLULOSE, ENZYMES, NATAMYCIN (A MOLD INHIBITOR). BLACK PEPPER.
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Ultimate Caesar Premium Kit, Ultimate Caesar scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Stabilizers & Gums (Xanthan Gum, Powdered Cellulose): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
- Natural Flavors (Natural Flavors (Milk), Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
- Industrial Enzymes (Enzymes): Industrial enzyme use indicates significant processing.
Within Fresh Produce, this product is more processed than about 90% of the 6,649 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 Ultimate Caesar Premium Kit, Ultimate Caesar'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.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Vegetables: Romaine Lettuce. Dressing: Soybean Oil, Canola Oil.
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
- Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator
In this product: Sugar.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Food AcidsProcessing indicator
In this product: Citric Acid.
Common in both traditional and industrial foods.
- Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator
In this product: Yeast, Yeast Extract.
Industrial fermentation for additive production.
- Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator
In this product: Ascorbic Acid (To Maintain Freshness). Cheese: Pasteurized Cow'S Milk.
Fortification often compensates for processing losses.
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