Is Trader Joe's Super Seedy Cheese Snack Bites ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 9 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
parmesan cheese (processing marker) (cultured milk, salt (processing marker), microbial enzymes (processing marker)), sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, quinoa, black sesame, black peppercorns
As written on the pack
PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYMES), SUNFLOWER SEEDS, PUMPKIN SEEDS, PUFFED QUINOA, BLACK SESAME SEEDS, BLACK PEPPERCORNS.
What makes it processed
Processed ingredients
Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Culinary ingredients
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.
Preservation and traditional processing
Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.
- Enzyme Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00740760, last edited 12 September 2023), 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.