Is Trader Joe's Sugared Rice Cracker Stars ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 10 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed rice crackers
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Ancient Grain Rice Crackers
Higher Harvest
11 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Organic Blueberry & Goji Rice Rusks
Want-Want
7 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Brown rice crackers, black sesame & tamari
Clearspring
6 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Original Plain Rice Crackers
Sakata
3 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
rice, sugar (processing marker), soy sauce (processing marker) (water, soybeans, rice, salt (processing marker)), honey (processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), tapioca starch (processing marker)
As written on the pack
RICE, SUGAR, SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, RICE, SALT), HONEY, MALTODEXTRIN, TAPIOCA STARCH. CONTAINS SOY.
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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down 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.
- Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
- Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
- 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.
- Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
Among 28 rice crackers
From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 75% of the rice crackers here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00787932, last edited 2 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.