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Is Trader Joe's Chicken Burrito Bowl ultra-processed?

330g Meals with chicken Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Chicken Burrito Bowl

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:

  • 52 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

par boiled brown rice, water, white meat chicken, chicken breast, water, potato starch, sea salt, black beans, water, black beans, red quinoa, water, red quinoa, red pepper, green pepper, corn, cheddar cheese, milk, salt, calcium chloride, annatto, color, microbial rennet, cellulose, crushed tomatoes, sour cream, milk, cream, bacterial culture, tomatoes, tomatoes, tomato juice, poblano peppers, onions, cream, cornstarch, canola oil, garlic puree, garlic, water, spices, sea salt, chili powder, chipotle pepper paste, red bell peppers, sea salt, chipotle peppers, cilantro, lime juice, water, lime juice concentrate, lime oil

Additives: E160b Annatto , E460 Cellulose

As written on the pack

par boiled brown rice, water, white meat chicken, chicken breast, water, potato starch, sea salt, black beans, water, black beans, red quinoa, water, red quinoa, red pepper, green pepper, corn, cheddar cheese, milk, salt, calcium chloride, annatto, color, microbial rennet, cellulose, crushed tomatoes, sour cream, milk solids, cream, bacterial culture, diced tomatoes, tomatoes, tomato juice, poblano peppers, onions, cream, cornstarch, expeller pressed canola oil, garlic puree, garlic, water, spices, sea salt, chili powder, chipotle pepper paste, red bell peppers, sea salt, chipotle peppers, cilantro, lime juice, water, lime juice concentrate, lime oil

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.

  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E460 Cellulose A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 149th. 79% of the meals with chicken 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 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00577502, last edited 30 September 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.