Beef and Vegetable Mandu

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Beef and Vegetable Mandu scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Starches (Modified Tapioca Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Grill Flavor (Tapioca Dextrin, Salt, Grill Flavor [From Sunflower Oil], Smoke Flavor, Silicon Dioxide)): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Frozen Dinners, this product is more processed than about 37% of the 5,358 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Beef and Vegetable Mandu's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Sugar, Fully Cooked Beef Patty (Ground Beef, Sugar, Roasted Garlic, Soy Sauce [Water, Wheat, Soybeans, Salt And Alcohol], Green Onion, Sesame Oil, Oat Fiber, Salt, Pineapple Juice Powder [Corn Syrup Solids And Pineapple Juice Solids], Onion Puree, Yeast Extract, Smoke Flavor, Jalapeno, Water, Sodium Phosphate, Carrageenan, Black Pepper, Ginger Powder).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sesame Oil, Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator

In this product: Autolyzed Yeast Extract.

Industrial fermentation for additive production.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.