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Is Trader Joe's Wheat Crisp Crackers ultra-processed?

9 oz Wheat crackers Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Wheat Crisp Crackers

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed wheat crackers

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), whole wheat flour, vegetable oil (sunflower, canola oil, rosemary extract, mixed tocopherols), sugar, invert sugar syrup, wheat germ, cornstarch, salt, barley malt extract, sodium bicarbonate, yeast, wheat flour, hydrolyzed wheat gluten, monocalcium phosphate, turmeric oleoresin, sunflower oil, sesame oil

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), whole wheat flour, vegetable oil (sunflower and/or canola oil, rosemary extract, mixed tocopherols), sugar, invert sugar syrup, wheat germ, cornstarch, salt, barley malt extract, sodium bicarbonate, dried yeast, wheat flour, hydrolyzed wheat gluten, monocalcium phosphate, turmeric oleoresin, sunflower oil, sesame 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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" 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

Among 37 wheat crackers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 70% of the wheat crackers 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 37 wheat crackers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00797474, last edited 20 August 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.