Is Trader Joe's Turkey Chili With Beans ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 17 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score A
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
water, turkey breast, crushed tomatoes in puree (tomatoes, citric acid), red beans, green chile peppers, corn flour, dried onions, jalapeno peppers, sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), red bell peppers, garlic powder, yeast extract, cumin, oregano
Additives: E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
WATER, GROUND TURKEY BREAST, CRUSHED TOMATOES IN PUREE (TOMATOES, CITRIC ACID), RED BEANS, GREEN CHILE PEPPERS, CORN FLOUR, DRIED ONIONS, JALAPENO PEPPERS, SUGAR, SALT, DRIED RED BELL PEPPERS, GARLIC POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, CUMIN, OREGANO.
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
Among 33 stews
From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 73% of the stews here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00782852, last edited 22 July 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 A (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.