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Is Trader Joe's Fire roasted red peppers ultra-processed?

Sweet peppers Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Trader Joe's Fire roasted red peppers

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:

  • 7 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed sweet peppers

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

red bell peppers, water, brown sugar, salt, citric acid (acidifier), calcium chloride

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

RED BELL PEPPERS, WATER, BROWN SUGAR, SALT, CITRIC ACID (ACIDIFIER), CALCIUM CHLORIDE

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 22 sweet peppers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 9% of the sweet peppers 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 22 sweet peppers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00014991, last edited 14 March 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.