Buttermilk Ranch

How it scored 50 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 23 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 Distilled Vinegar
  Dilute (~5%) acetic acid solution produced by fermentation and distillation.
  Safe
• 3 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
• 4 Sorbitol
  Sorbitol, a sugar alcohol (polyol) found naturally in fruits and produced industrially by hydrogenation of glucose.
  Moderate
• 5 Cellulose
  Cellulose — purified plant fiber polymer of beta-1,4-linked glucose units (microcrystalline E460(i) or powdered E460(ii)).
  Low
• 6 Buttermilk
  Cultured buttermilk is fermented dairy from low-fat milk inoculated with lactic-acid bacteria.
  Low
• 7 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 8 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 9 Onion
  The edible bulb of Allium cepa L., a widely cultivated vegetable in the Allium family that also includes garlic, shallots, and leeks.
  Safe
• 10 Propane-1‚2-Diol Alginate
  Propane-1,2-diol alginate (propylene glycol alginate, PGA), a chemically modified alginate ester used as a stabilizer/emulsifier.
  Low
• 11 Lactic Acid
  Organic acid (E270) naturally produced by lactic acid bacteria during fermentation; also produced industrially.
  Low
• 12 Xanthan Gum
  Xanthan gum is a high-molecular-weight polysaccharide produced by aerobic fermentation of glucose or sucrose by the bacterium Xanthomonas ca…
  Low
• 13 Potassium Sorbate
  Potassium salt of sorbic acid, a short-chain unsaturated fatty acid.
  Low
• 14 Calcium Disodium Ethylenediaminetetraacetate
  Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (calcium disodium EDTA), a chelating agent that binds metal ions.
  Moderate
• 15 Titanium Dioxide
  Titanium dioxide (E171) is an inorganic white pigment.
  Moderate
• 16 Black Pepper
  Dried, ground berries of the Piper nigrum plant.
  Safe
• 17 Phosphoric Acid
  Phosphoric acid (E338, also FD&C food grade phosphoric acid) is a mineral acid (H3PO4). It is GRAS in the US under 21 CFR 182.1073 and liste…
  Moderate
• 18 Parsley
  Parsley is a culinary herb (Petroselinum crispum).
  Safe
• 19 Citric Acid
  Citric acid (E330), a weak organic acid naturally present in citrus fruit and produced commercially via Aspergillus niger fermentation.
  Low
• 20 Sucralose
  Sucralose (E955) is a chlorinated derivative of sucrose used as a high-intensity, non-caloric sweetener.
  Moderate
• 21 Celery
  Celery (Apium graveolens) is a marshland plant used as a vegetable.
  Low
• 22 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
• 23 Colour
  Generic ingredient term covering any of dozens of permitted colour additives — synthetic dyes (e.g. tartrazine E102, allura red E129, brilli…
  Low