Is Itsu vegetable steamed dumplings ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 42 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Mixed vegetables 35% (King Oyster mushroom, closed cup mushroom, Chinese cabbage, edamame, carrot, spring onion), miso broth 27%, red miso, water, soya beans, rice, salt (processing marker), alcoholl, white miso, water, soya beans, rice, salt (processing marker), alcoholl, mirin (processing marker) (water, rice, alcohol, kojil, rice vinegar, water, sesame oil (processing marker), gelling agent (ultra-processing marker) (agar (ultra-processing marker))), wheat flour, water, vermicelli (pea starch (processing marker), water), sugar (processing marker), ginger, yeast extract, potato starch (processing marker), garlic, salt (processing marker), black pepper
Additives: E406 Agar
As written on the pack
Mixed vegetables (35%) (King Oyster mushroom, closed cup mushroom, Chinese cabbage, edamame (soya), carrot, spring onion), miso broth (27%) (red miso (water, soya beans, rice, salt, alcoholl, white miso [water, soya beans, rice, salt, alcoholl, mirin (water, rice, alcohol, kojil, rice vinegar, water, sesame oil, gelling agent: agar), wheat flour, water, vermicelli (pea starch, water), sugar, ginger, yeast extract, potato starch, garlic, salt, black pepper
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E406 Agar A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
5 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.
- 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 5060960662972, last edited 25 May 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.