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Is Trader Joe's Roasted Cauliflower & Cheese Ravioli ultra-processed?

Raviolis Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Trader Joe's Roasted Cauliflower & Cheese Ravioli

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed raviolis

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 (cauliflower (cauliflower, sunflower oil, salt), ricotta cheese (whey, salt, citric acid), sunflower oil, cream, lactose, breadcrumb (wheat flour, yeast, salt), cheese (milk, salt, microbial rennet), mozzarella cheese (milk, salt, starter culture, microbial rennet), rice flour, butter, sea salt, garlic, grana padano cheese (milk, salt, animal rennet, egg lysozyme)), Noodle (wheat flour, eggs, durum wheat semolina)

Additives: E1105 Lysozyme , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Filling (roasted cauliflower [cauliflower, sunflower oil, salt], ricotta cheese [whey, salt, citric acid], sunflower oil, cream, lactose, breadcrumb [wheat flour, yeast, salt], grated cheese [milk, salt, microbial rennet], mozzarella cheese [milk, salt, starter culture, microbial rennet], rice flour, butter, sea salt, garlic, grana padano PDO cheese [milk, salt, animal rennet, egg lysozyme]), Noodle (wheat flour, eggs, durum wheat semolina).

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
5 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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 raviolis

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 78% of the raviolis 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 raviolis, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00569224, last edited 14 March 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.