Is Itsu sizzling pork gyoza ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 31 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Gyoza filling (cabbage, pork shoulder 21%, pork fat 10%, white onion, soy sauce (processing marker) (water, soya beans, wheat, salt (processing marker)), spring onion, garlic, apple puree, tofu (soya beans, water), sesame oil (processing marker), yeast extract, sugar (processing marker), soya protein, water, salt (processing marker), black pepper, ginger powder), gyoza skin (wheat flour, water, tapioca starch (processing marker), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), rapeseed oil, salt (processing marker))
As written on the pack
Gyoza filling (shredded cabbage, pork shoulder (21%), pork fat (10%), white onion, soy sauce (water, soya beans, wheat, salt), spring onion, garlic, apple puree, tofu (soya beans, water), sesame oil, yeast extract, sugar, soya protein, water, salt, black pepper, ginger powder), gyoza skin (wheat flour, water, tapioca starch, wheat gluten, rapeseed oil, salt).
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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
6 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.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- 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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060262485743, last edited 6 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.