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Is Trader Joe's Kimbap Korean Tofu and Vegetable Seaweed Rice Roll ultra-processed?

230 g Vegetable based frozen ready-made meals Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Kimbap Korean Tofu and Vegetable Seaweed Rice Roll

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:

  • 44 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Rice (water), rice, sesame oil, salt, sesame seeds, soybean oil, distilled vinegar, Tofu, Braised Burdock Root (water), tofu (soybeans, water, soybean oil, calcium chloride, canola oil, calcium carbonate), burdock root, corn syrup, soy sauce (water, soybeans, salt), cane sugar, Stir-Fried Carrot (carrot), soybean oil, salt, Radish (radish, radish), salt, cane sugar, water, distilled vinegar, salt, lemon juice concentrate, Spinach (spinach), sesame oil, sesame seeds, salt, Seaweed

As written on the pack

Seasoned Rice: water, rice, sesame oil, salt, toasted sesame seeds, soybean oil, distilled vinegar. Fried Tofu and Braised Burdock Root: water, sliced fried tofu (soybeans, water, soybean oil, calcium chloride, canola oil, calcium carbonate), burdock root, corn syrup, soy sauce (water, fermented soybeans, salt), cane sugar. Stir-Fried Carrot: carrot, soybean oil, salt. Pickled Radish: salted radish (radish, salt), cane sugar, water, distilled vinegar, salt, lemon juice concentrate. Seasoned Spinach: spinach, sesame oil, toasted sesame seeds, salt. Seaweed. Contains soy, sesame.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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.
  • 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Tofu Products in the category "Tofu" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 vegetable based frozen ready-made meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 56% of the vegetable based frozen ready-made meals 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 9 vegetable based frozen ready-made meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00760232, last edited 20 May 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.