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

8.11 oz Meat analogues Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's 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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meat analogues

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

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), salt, cane sugar, water, distilled vinegar, lemon juice concentrate, spinach (spinach), sesame oil, sesame seeds, salt

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, salt, cane sugar, water, distilled vinegar, lemon juice concentrate. Seasoned spinach: spinach, sesame oil, toasted sesame seeds, salt. Seaweed contains soy and 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 512 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 82nd. 80% of the meat analogues 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 512 meat analogues, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00777292, last edited 24 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.