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Is Mr Chen's Gluten Free Vegetable Gyoza ultra-processed?

200g Stuffed pastas Sold in Australia

Pack of Mr Chen's Gluten Free Vegetable Gyoza

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Filling 52.5% (Cabbage), Shiitake Mushroom, Chives, Yam Bean, King Oyster Mushroom, Tapioca Starch, Sweet Corn, Spices (Salt, Pepper, Sugar, Yeast Extract), Bean Curd Skin, Carrot, Refined Soybean Oil, Bean, Bamboo Shoot, Sesame Oil, Ginger, Cinnamon, Pastry (Water), Rice Flour, Corn Starch, Tapioca Starch, Refined Soybean Oil, manufactured in a facility that also processes fish, shellfish

As written on the pack

Filling (52.5%): Cabbage, Shiitake Mushroom, Chives, Yam Bean, King Oyster Mushroom, Tapioca Starch, Sweet Corn, Spices (Salt, Pepper, Sugar, Yeast Extract), Bean Curd Skin, Carrot, Refined Soybean Oil, Holland Bean, Bamboo Shoot, Sesame Oil, Ginger, Cinnamon. Pastry 747.5%): Water, Rice Flour, Corn Starch, Tapioca Starch, Refined Soybean Oil. CONTAINS SOY AND SESAME. MANUFACTURED IN A FACILITY THAT ALSO PROCESSES FISH AND SHELLFISH.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 149 stuffed pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 76% of the stuffed pastas here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 149 stuffed pastas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9349673004030, last edited 28 August 2023), 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.