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Is Trader Joes chile lime pork rinds ultra-processed?

3 oz Pork rind Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joes chile lime pork rinds

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed pork rind

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

Pork rind, salt, chile pepper, paprika, maltodextrin, yeast extract, citric acid, dextrose, malic acid, onion, tomato, spices, garlic, paprika oleoresin, distilled white vinegar, natural flavor, lime juice, lemon juice, lactic acid

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Pork rind, salt, chile pepper, paprika, maltodextrin, yeast extract, citric acid, dextrose, malic acid, onion powder, tomato powder, spices, garlic powder, paprika oleoresin, distilled white vinegar, natural flavor, lime juice, lemon juice, lactic acid.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 pork rind

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 30% of the pork rind 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 10 pork rind, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00754101, last edited 18 February 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.