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Is Trader Joe's Spinach & Kale Greek Yogurt Dip ultra-processed?

16 oz Dips Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Spinach & Kale Greek Yogurt Dip

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed dips

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

low fat greek style yogurt (grade a skim milk, cream, agar, pectin, cultures), spinach, water chestnuts, kale, mayonnaise (canola oil, egg yolks, water, white wine vinegar, mustard, lemon juice concentrate), seasoning (dehydrated onions, salt, garlic, celery, red peppers, carrots, green onions, agave nectar, dehydrated onions, corn starch, mushroom powder, dill, sea salt, xanthan gum, garlic)

Additives: E406 Agar , E415 Xanthan gum , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

low fat greek style yogurt (grade a skim milk, cream, agar, pectin, cultures), spinach, water chestnuts, kale, mayonnaise (canola oil, egg yolks, water, white wine vinegar, mustard powder, lemon juice concentrate), seasoning (dehydrated onions, salt, garlic powder, celery, red peppers, carrots, green onions, agave nectar, dehydrated onions, corn starch, mushroom powder, dill, sea salt, xanthan gum, garlic)

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.

  • E406 Agar A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
3 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 433 dips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 381st. 43% of the dips 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 433 dips, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00979153, last edited 23 June 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.