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Is Trader Joe's honey roasted Macadamia Nuts & Cashews roasted & salted ultra-processed?

8 oz Nuts Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's honey roasted Macadamia Nuts & Cashews roasted & salted

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
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed nuts

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

cashews (cashews, sunflower oil, salt), honey roasted macadamia nuts (macadamia nuts, cane sugar, honey, tapioca starch, sunflower oil, honey (honey, tapioca starch), xanthan gum, natural flavor), coconut, hazelnut, pecan, pistachio

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

ROASTED AND SALTED CASHEWS (CASHEWS, SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT), HONEY ROASTED MACADAMIA NUTS (MACADAMIA NUTS, CANE SUGAR, HONEY, TAPIOCA STARCH, SUNFLOWER OIL, HONEY POWDER [HONEY, TAPIOCA STARCH], XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR), MAY CONTAIN MILK, SOY, SESAME, WHEAT, PEANUT, ALMOND, BRAZIL NUT, COCONUT, HAZELNUT, PECAN, PISTACHIO

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
5 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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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

Among 613 nuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 495th. 30% of the nuts 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 613 nuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00789769, last edited 18 November 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.