Is Trader Joe's Organic Low Sodium vegetable broth ultra-processed?

32 FL OZ (1 QT) 946 mL Vegetable broths Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Vegetable oil

17 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed broths

Organic Chicken Bone Broth Bonafide Provisions 10 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Organic chicken bone broth Gourmand 8 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Vegetable broth and seasoning Seitenbacher 15 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Tri Color Quinoa Greenwise Publix 3 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1

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

water, carrots, celery, onions, tomatoes, carrot juice, tomato paste, leeks, garlic, onion, sea salt (processing marker), seasonings (parsley, thyme, bay leaf, black pepper), olive oil (processing marker)

As written on the pack

WATER, ORGANIC CARROTS, ORGANIC CELERY, ORGANIC ONIONS, ORGANIC TOMATOES, ORGANIC CARROT JUICE CONCENTRATE, ORGANIC TOMATO PASTE, ORGANIC LEEKS, ORGANIC GARLIC, ORGANIC ONION JUICE CONCENTRATE, SEA SALT, ORGANIC SEASONINGS (PARSLEY, THYME, BAY LEAF, BLACK PEPPER) ORGANIC OLIVE OIL.

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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 60 vegetable broths

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 65% of the vegetable broths 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 60 vegetable broths, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00985512, last edited 5 March 2025), 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.