Is Trader Joe’s Korean Bugak Sticky Rice and Seaweed Crisps ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 8 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed salty snacks
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Dried cooked sticky rice, seaweed, sunflower oil (processing marker), sesame seeds, sugar (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), onion, kelp
As written on the pack
Dried cooked sticky rice, seaweed, sunflower oil, sesame seeds, sugar, sea salt, onion powder, kelp powder. Contains sesame. May contain shrimp.
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.
- 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.
Among 2,717 salty snacks
From least to most processed, this one ranks 629th. 62% of the salty snacks here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00823609, last edited 22 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.