Is Trader Joe's Chile Crackers ultra-processed?

5 oz 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:

Salt
Sugar
Vegetable oil

8 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

wheat flour, extra virgin olive oil (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), yeast, sugar (processing marker), tomato, chile pepper, baking soda

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

wheat flour, extra virgin olive oil, sea salt, dried yeast, sugar, tomato powder, crushed chile pepper, baking soda

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00784986, last edited 8 October 2025), 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.