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Is Pulmuone Thai Basil Vegetable Dumplings ultra-processed?

9 oz Sold in the United States

Pack of Pulmuone Thai Basil Vegetable Dumplings

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 40 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

filling (tofu, water), soybeans, less than 2% of (magnesium chloride), calcium sulfate, green peas, carrots, yellow onion, red bell pepper, basil, breadcrumbs (wheat flour, palm oil, sea salt, yeast), potato starch, ginger, soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt, alcohol), sea salt, garlic, dextrose (dextrose, maltodextrin), cane sugar, lime juice, natural flavor, chili pepper, black pepper, dough (white wheat flour), water, canola oil, sea salt

As written on the pack

FILLING: ORGANIC TOFU (WATER, ORGANIC SOYBEANS, LESS THAN 2% OF: MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, CALCIUM SULFATE), ORGANIC GREEN PEAS, ORGANIC CARROTS, ORGANIC YELLOW ONION, ORGANIC ROASTED RED BELL PEPPER, ORGANIC BLANCHED BASIL, ORGANIC BREADCRUMBS (ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC PALM OIL, SEA SALT, YEAST), ORGANIC POTATO STARCH, ORGANIC GINGER, ORGANIC SOY SAUCE (WATER, ORGANIC SOYBEANS, ORGANIC WHEAT, SALT, ORGANIC ALCOHOL), SEA SALT, ORGANIC CRUSHED GARLIC, ORGANIC CULTURED DEXTROSE (ORGANIC CULTURED DEXTROSE, ORGANIC MALTODEXTRIN), ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC LIME JUICE, NATURAL FLAVOR, ORGANIC CHILI PEPPER FLAKES, ORGANIC BLACK PEPPER. DOUGH: ORGANIC WHITE WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, ORGANIC CANOLA OIL, SEA SALT. *TO PRESERVE QUALITY CONTAINS: WHEAT, SOY.

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.

  • 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.
  • 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 0025484007031, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.