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Is Laoban Ginger Chicken Dumplings ultra-processed?

8 oz (255 g) Sold in the United States

Pack of Laoban Ginger Chicken Dumplings

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 22 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

filling, cabbage, scallions, canola oil, soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt), honey, ginger, salt, garlic, chinkiang vinegar, spices, dough wrapper (wheat flour), water, potato starch, canola oil, salt, lye water

As written on the pack

FILLING: FREE-RANGE CHICKEN, CABBAGE, SCALLIONS, CANOLA OIL, SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT), HONEY, GINGER, KOSHER SALT, GARLIC, CHINKIANG VINEGAR, SPICES. DOUGH WRAPPER: UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, POTATO STARCH, CANOLA OIL, KOSHER SALT, LYE WATER. CONTAINS SOY AND WHEAT.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0860004574613, last edited 29 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.