Is Trader Joe's Mini Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
wheat flour, soybean, sunflower oil (processing marker), peanut butter (peanuts, organ, ic palm oil, salt (processing marker)), palm oil, powdered sugar (processing marker) (cane sugar, tapioca starch (processing marker)), cane sugar (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), malted barley extract, ammonium bicarbonate, salt (processing marker), sodium bicarbon, ATE, microbial enzyme, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), nonfat dry milk (processing marker), coconut
Additives: E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC SOYBEAN AND/OR ORGANIC SUNFLOWER OIL, ORGANIC PEANUT BUTTER (ORGANIC DRY ROASTED PEANUTS, ORGAN - IC PALM OIL, SALT), ORGANIC PALM OIL, ORGANIC POWDERED SUGAR (ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC TAPIOCA STARCH), ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, SEA SALT, ORGANIC MALTED BARLEY EXTRACT, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, SALT, SODIUM BICARBON - ATE, MICROBIAL ENZYME, ORGANIC NATURAL FLAVORS, ORGANIC NONFAT DRY MILK. CONTAINS MILK, WHEAT, PEANUT. MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF SOY, COCONUT.
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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
6 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.
- Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
- 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.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 715 crackers (Appetizers)
From least to most processed, this one ranks 367th. 61% of the crackers (Appetizers) here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00863506, last edited 9 August 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.