Is Trader Joe's Pad See Ew Stir Fried Thai Rice Noodles With Vegetables, Tofu And Soy Sauce ultra-processed?

10 oz Noodles Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E150c Ammonia caramel

33 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed noodles

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 noodles (rice flour, water), sweet soy sauce (processing marker) (sugar (processing marker), water, soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt (processing marker)), molasses (processing marker), salt (processing marker), caramel color), broccoli, tofu (soybeans, water, calcium sulfate), soybean oil (processing marker), garlic, shallot, soy sauce (processing marker) (water, soybeans, wheat, salt (processing marker)), sugar (processing marker), wheat flour, salt (processing marker), chili, yeast extract, citric acid

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E330 Citric acid

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

rice noodles (rice flour, water), sweet soy sauce (sugar, water, soy sauce [water, soybeans, wheat, salt], molasses, salt, caramel color), broccoli, tofu (soybeans, water, calcium sulfate), soybean oil, garlic, shallot, soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt), sugar, wheat flour, salt, dried chili, yeast extract, citric acid

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.

E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.

4 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.

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.
Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 416 noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 145th. 73% of the noodles 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 416 noodles, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00780520, last edited 4 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.