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Is Trader Joe's mini Vegetable Samosas ultra-processed?

240g Vegetable samosas Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's mini Vegetable Samosas

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Less processed vegetable samosas

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

filling, potatoes, carrots, peas, lentils, onion, canola oil, cilantro, salt, spices, garlic, citric acid, turmeric (flavor), pastry, water, flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, ascorbic acid, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, amylase, folic acidi, canola oil, salt, distilled vinegar)

Additives: E1100 Alpha-Amylase , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

FILLING (POTATOES, CARROTS, PEAS, LENTILS, ONION, EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, CILANTRO, SALT, SPICES, GARLIC, CITRIC ACID, TURMERIC (FLAVOR]), PASTRY (WATER, UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, ASCORBIC ACID, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, AMYLASE, FOLIC ACIDI, EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, SALT, DISTILLED VINEGAR).

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.
2 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 vegetable samosas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 33% of the vegetable samosas 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 samosas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00615341, last edited 10 February 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.