Is it ultra-processed?
Menu

Is Trader Joe's Spaghetti Macaroni Product ultra-processed?

300 g Spaghetti Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Trader Joe's Spaghetti Macaroni Product

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Open Food Facts counts every product in its category, cheeses, as at least group 3.

  • 1 ingredient
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed spaghetti

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

durum wheat semolina

As written on the pack

DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA

What makes it processed

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Cheeses Products in the category "Cheeses" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 81 spaghetti

From least to most processed, this one ranks 62nd. 19% of the spaghetti 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 81 spaghetti, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00479103, last edited 10 September 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.