Is Gimme Teriyaki Roasted Seaweed Snacks ultra-processed?

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Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Maltodextrin

11 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

seaweed, sesame oil (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), teriyaki powder (tamari soy sauce (processing marker) (soybeans, salt (processing marker)), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), cane sugar (processing marker), onion, garlic)

As written on the pack

Organic seaweed, organic sesame oil, organic sunflower oil, organic teriyaki powder (organic tamari soy sauce [organic soybeans, salt], organic maltodextrin, organic cane sugar, organic onion, organic garlic).

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.

4 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0851093004044, last edited 9 June 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.