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Is Trader Joe's Thai Shrimp Gyoza ultra-processed?

16 oz Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Thai Shrimp Gyoza

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

filling, Shrimp, White Cabbage, Chives, Green Onion, Onion, Ginger, Garlic, Soybean Oil, Sesame Oil, Wheat Flour, Wheat Starch, Sugar, Salt, Pepper, Vegetable (Onion, Cabbage, Carrot, Spring Onion, Maltodextrin (corn), Salt), dough (Wheat Flour, Tapioca Starch, Water, Palm Oil)

As written on the pack

FILLING (Shrimp, White Cabbage, Chives, Green Onion, Onion, Ginger, Garlic, Soybean Oil, Sesame Oil, Wheat Flour, Wheat Starch, Sugar, Salt, Pepper, Vegetable Powder (Onion, Cabbage, Carrot, Spring Onion, Maltodextrin [corn], Salt), DOUGH (Unbleached Wheat Flour, Tapioca Starch, Water, Palm Oil).

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.
5 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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00479448, last edited 21 May 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.