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Is Trader Joe's 4 Cheese Ravioli ultra-processed?

10 oz Stuffed pastas Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's 4 Cheese Ravioli

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed stuffed pastas

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

pasta (wheat flour, eggs, durum wheat semolina, water), filling, ricotta cheese (whey, cream, salt, citric acid, acidifier), water, vegetable oil (soybean, sunflower, corn, canola oil), hard grating cheese (milk, salt, microbial enzyme, whey, wheat, wheat flour, salt, yeast), cream, corn flour, mozzarella cheese (milk, salt, cheese culture, microbial enzymej, provolone cheese, milk, salt, animal rennet), salt

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

PASTA (WHEAT FLOUR, EGGS, DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, WATER), FILLING (RICOTTA CHEESE [WHEY, CREAM, SALT, CITRIC ACID (ACIDIFIER}]), WATER, VEGETABLE OIL [SOYBEAN AND/OR SUNFLOWER AND/OR CORN AND/OR CANOLA OIL], HARD GRATING CHEESE (MILK, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYME], MODIFIED WHEY, TOASTED WHEAT CRUMBS [WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, YEAST), CREAM, CORN FLOUR, MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURE, MICROBIAL ENZYMEJ, PROVOLONE CHEESE [MILK, SALT, ANIMAL RENNET), 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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
4 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 148 stuffed pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 61st. 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 148 stuffed pastas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00742566, last edited 20 July 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.