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

454g Frozen ready-made meals Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Thai Vegetable 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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

filling (white cabbage), carrot, chive, white radish, green onion, onion, ginger, garlic, soy sauce (soybeans, wheat, salt, alcohol, water), wheat flour, wheat starch, corn flour, soybean oil, sesame oil, sugar, salt, pepper, vegetable (onion, cabbage, carrot, spring onion, maltodextrin (corn), salt), dough (wheat flour), tapioca starch, water, palm oil, made on equipment shared with shelfish, facility processes fish

As written on the pack

filling: white cabbage,carrot, chive, white radish, green onion, onion, ginger, garlic, soy sauce (soybeans,wheat, salt, alcohol, water), wheat flour, wheat starch, corn flour, soybean oil, sesame oil, sugar, salt, pepper, vegetable powder (onion, cabbage, carrot, spring onion, maltodextrin [corn], salt), dough: unbleached wheat flour, tapioca starch, water, palm oil, made on equipment shared with shelfish, facility processes fish, contains: soybeans,wheat,

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.

  • 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 84 frozen ready-made meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 33rd. 69% of the frozen ready-made meals 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 84 frozen ready-made meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00479455, last edited 7 June 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.