Is Trader Joe's AUTUMNAL HARVEST Creamy PASTA SAUCE ultra-processed?

25 oz Pasta sauces Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Butter
Salt
Sugar

22 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed pasta sauces

Steel Cut Oats Quick Millville 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Low Sodium Marinara Michaels of Brooklyn 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Arrabbiata Sauce Michaels of Brooklyn 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Mr Ridiculously Good's Smooth Tomato Bolognese Heinz 15 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1

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

tomato puree (water, tomato paste), pumpkin, butternut squash, heavy cream, carrot, cane sugar (processing marker), butter (processing marker) (cream, salt (processing marker)), salt (processing marker), dried onion, citric % acid (acidifier), dried garlic, parsley, black pepper, cayenne pepper, dried rosemary, sage, % %

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), PUMPKIN PUREE, BUTTERNUT SQUASH PUREE, PASTEURIZED HEAVY CREAM, CARROT PUREE, CANE SUGAR, BUTTER (PASTEURIZED CREAM, SALT), SALT, DRIED ONION, CITRIC % ACID (ACIDIFIER), DRIED GARLIC, DRIED PARSLEY, BLACK PEPPER, CAYENNE PEPPER POWDER, DRIED ROSEMARY, SAGE POWDER. % %

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 317 pasta sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 152nd. 49% of the pasta sauces 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 317 pasta sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00552691, last edited 18 August 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.