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Is Trader Joe's Classic Original Water Crackers ultra-processed?

4.4 oz (125 g) Salty snacks Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Classic Original Water Crackers

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed salty snacks

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

flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced ron thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (sunflower, canola oil, rosemary extract (to preserve), mixed tocopherols (to preserve)), CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF SEA SALT, sugar, sesame oil

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED RON THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER AND/OR CANOLA OIL, ROSEMARY EXTRACT [TO PRESERVE], MIXED TOCOPHEROLS [TO PRESERVE]), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SEA SALT, SUGAR, SESAME OIL. CONTAINS SESAME, WHEAT. MAY CONTAIN SOY.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

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

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,717 salty snacks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 972nd. 62% of the salty snacks 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 2,717 salty snacks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00248983, last edited 10 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.