Is Trader Joe’s Inner Peas ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 10 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score A
Less processed pulses
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
green peas, vegetable oil (processing marker) (canola oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil), rice, salt (processing marker), calcium carbonate, vitamin c (ascorbyl palmitate)
Additives: E304 Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid , E304i Ascorbyl palmitate
As written on the pack
Whole green peas, vegetable oil (canola oil and/or sunflower oil and/or safflower oil), rice, salt, calcium carbonate, vitamin c (ascorbyl palmitate).
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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 377 pulses
From least to most processed, this one ranks 248th. 34% of the pulses here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00508988, last edited 19 August 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 A (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.