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Is Trader Joe's Steamed Chicken Soup Dumplings ultra-processed?

6 oz (170 g) Chinese dumplings Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Steamed Chicken Soup Dumplings

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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed chinese dumplings

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 (Chicken), Water, Onion, Green Onion, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Wheat, Salt), Ginger, Gelatin, Sugar, Cooking Rice Wine (Water, Alcohol, Salt), Sesame Oil, Soybean Oil, Salt, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, White Pepper, Chicken (Yeast Extract, Natural Flavor, Salt), Yeast Extract, dough (Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour), Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Water, Wheat Flour, Modified Tapioca Starch, Salt, Soybean Oil

Additives: E428 Gelatine

As written on the pack

FILLING: Chicken, Water, Onion, Green Onion, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Wheat, Salt), Ginger, Gelatin, Sugar, Cooking Rice Wine (Water, Alcohol, Salt), Sesame Oil, Soybean Oil, Salt, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, White Pepper, Chicken Flavored Powder (Yeast Extract, Natural Flavor, Salt), Yeast Extract, DOUGH: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Wheat Flour, Modified Tapioca Starch, Salt, Soybean Oil.

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.

  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
6 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 15 chinese dumplings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 67% of the chinese dumplings 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 15 chinese dumplings, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00549882, last edited 23 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.