Italian Dressing

How it scored 30 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 16 listed

• 1 Water
  Water intended for human consumption; the most common ingredient in processed foods and beverages. Bottled water is regulated as a food unde…
  Safe
• 2 Soya Oil
  Vegetable oil extracted from soybeans (Glycine max), typically refined, bleached, and deodorized. High in polyunsaturated fats, particularly…
  Low
• 3 Distilled Vinegar
  Dilute (~5%) acetic acid solution produced by fermentation and distillation.
  Safe
• 4 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 5 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 6 Onion
  The edible bulb of Allium cepa L., a widely cultivated vegetable in the Allium family that also includes garlic, shallots, and leeks.
  Safe
• 7 Red Bell Pepper
  Mature, ripe fruit of the sweet (non-pungent) Capsicum annuum cultivar.
  Safe
• 8 Xanthan Gum
  Xanthan gum is a high-molecular-weight polysaccharide produced by aerobic fermentation of glucose or sucrose by the bacterium Xanthomonas ca…
  Low
• 9 Maltodextrin
  A short-chain glucose polymer (3–20 glucose units, DE 3–20) produced by partial enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn, potato, rice, or wheat…
  Moderate
• 10 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 11 Autolyzed Yeast Extract
  Concentrated mixture of free amino acids and peptides produced by enzymatic self-digestion of yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae).
  Low
• 12 Calcium Disodium Ethylenediaminetetraacetate
  Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (calcium disodium EDTA), a chelating agent that binds metal ions.
  Moderate
• 13 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 14 Concentrated Lemon Juice
  Lemon juice with water removed by evaporation.
  Safe
• 15 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 16 Corn Maltodextrin
  A short-chain carbohydrate (DE 3-20) produced by partial hydrolysis of corn starch.
  Low