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Future Essentials Sour Cream & Onion Powder

Contains artificial flavor

This shelf-stable sour cream and onion seasoning is made with cultured cream and onion powder. It also contains dextrose, MSG, modified starch and artificial flavor.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo natural flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesNo gluten ingredientsVegetarianContains dairy
$12.95 16 oz · lowest price at MRE Depot
Price and stock checked Oct 29, 2026
Key nutrition facts

Not available yet. We only show numbers printed on the product’s label or its product page, and we couldn’t read them for this product.

Ingredients: Whey, dextrose, nonfat dry milk, sour cream solids (cultured cream, nonfat dry milk), salt, onion powder, monosodium glutamate, cultured nonfat milk solids, modified food starch, dehydrated parsley, artificial flavor, citric acid, lactic acid, tocopherols, ascorbyl palmitate
52 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as salt, spices, baking staplesLow confidence · Scored on 2 of 11 inputs
Nutrition facts not available. Scored on its ingredients, processing, sourcing and transparency; the Nutrition part is neutral until we can read the label.Your product? Claim this listing to add the label and it’s scored in full.
Nutrition · counts 5%50
Ingredients · counts 45%66
Processing · counts 20%30
Sourcing · counts 10%35
Transparency · counts 20%52
Why it scores 52
Nutrition 50 · Used in small amounts, so nutrition barely counts
Ingredients 66 · Dextrose, 2nd ingredient (added sugar, −20); Artificial flavours (additive, −10); MSG (monosodium glutamate) (additive, −4)
Processing 30 · Modified starch, MSG and artificial flavor make this a formulated seasoning.
Sourcing 35 · Refined ingredients are present, and no sourcing or production practices are stated.
Transparency 52 · Complete ingredient list, but the artificial flavor is unspecified.
Contains MSG and artificial flavor
Contains dextrose
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−20 for dextrose
Varies by additive−14 for artificial flavours, msg
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Whey Dextrose Nonfat dry milk Sour cream solids (cultured cream, nonfat dry milk) Salt Onion powder Monosodium glutamate Cultured nonfat milk solids Modified food starch Dehydrated parsley Artificial flavor Citric acid Lactic acid Tocopherols Ascorbyl palmitate
15 ingredients 2 to watch1 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives7 additives · 1 moderate risk
Artificial flavoursFlavouringModerate risk
Undisclosed synthetic compounds; the FDA delisted seven synthetic flavours in 2018 after cancer findings in animals.
Modified starch (E14xx)ThickenerLimited risk
Chemically treated starch; considered safe, but a marker of more processed food.
MSG (monosodium glutamate) (E621)Flavour enhancerLimited risk
Considered safe; EFSA set an acceptable daily intake in 2017, and some people report short-lived symptoms.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Citric acid (E330)AcidNo risk
Usually made by fermentation; considered safe.
Tocopherols (vitamin E) (E306–E309)AntioxidantNo risk
Vitamin E, used to keep oils fresh; safe.
Lactic acid (E270)AcidNo risk
Made by fermentation; considered safe.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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