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Is Trader Joe's Vegetable Spring Rolls ultra-processed?

9 oz (255 g) Spring rolls Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Vegetable Spring Rolls

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 38 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

filling (cabbage), carrot, onion, shredded white tofu (soybean, water, calcium sulfate, sodium carbonate, riboflavin), edamame (soybeans), kale, mushroom, soybean oil, sugar, cornstarch, sesame oil, garlic, salt, ginger, soy sauce (soy sauce (soybeans, wheat, and SALT), starch (starch, salt), salt), black pepper, yeast extract, wrapper (wheat flour), water, salt, corn syrup solids, soybean oil

As written on the pack

FILLING: CABBAGE, CARROT, ONION, SHREDDED WHITE TOFU (SOYBEAN, WATER, CALCIUM SULFATE, SODIUM CARBONATE, RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2]), EDAMAME (SOYBEANS), KALE, MUSHROOM, SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR, CORNSTARCH, SESAME OIL, GARLIC, SALT, GINGER, SOY SAUCE (SOY SAUCE [SOYBEANS, WHEAT, AND SALT], STARCH [STARCH AND SALT], SALT), BLACK PEPPER, YEAST EXTRACT. WRAPPER: WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, SALT, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SOYBEAN OIL. CONTAINS SOY, WHEAT, SESAME.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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.
  • 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.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 spring rolls

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 61% of the spring rolls 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 18 spring rolls, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00560061, last edited 26 February 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.