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Is Trader Joe's Steamed Pork & Ginger Soup Dumplings ultra-processed?

6 oz Soups Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Steamed Pork & Ginger 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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

filling (pork, soup base (water, gelatin, yeast extract, salt), ginger, onion, soy sauce (water, soybean, wheat, salt), green onion, sugar, cooking rice wine (water, alcohol, salt), sesame oil, soybean oil, salt, white pepper, yeast extract), dough (wheat flour, water, potato starch, salt, soybean oil)

Additives: E428 Gelatine

As written on the pack

FILLING (PORK, SOUP BASE [WATER, GELATIN, YEAST EXTRACT, SALT], GINGER, ONION, SOY SAUCE [WATER, SOYBEAN, WHEAT, SALT], GREEN ONION, SUGAR, COOKING RICE WINE [WATER, ALCOHOL, SALT], SESAME OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, WHITE PEPPER, YEAST EXTRACT), DOUGH (WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, POTATO 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.
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 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 359th. 63% of the soups 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 722 soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00652599, last edited 28 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.