Is Trader Joe’s Pumpkin gnocchi ultra-processed?

14 oz Pastas 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
Starch
Sugar

12 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed pastas

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

gnocchi mix (dehydrated potato flakes, cornstarch (processing marker), potato starch (processing marker), wheat flour, salt (processing marker)), pumpkin, water, cane sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), rice flour, dict

As written on the pack

GNOCCHI MIX (DEHYDRATED POTATO FLAKES, CORNSTARCH, POTATO STARCH, WHEAT FLOUR, SALT), PUMPKIN PUREE, WATER, CANE SUGAR, SALT, RICE FLOUR. CONTAINS WHEAT. MAY CONTAIN MILK, EGG, SOY. DICT

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 999 pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 411th. 51% of the pastas 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 999 pastas, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00752909, last edited 9 October 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.