Lentils
95Clean
Ingredients · 3
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Common questions
Is Trader Joe's Lentils healthy?
Trader Joe's Lentils scores 95/100 on Tallow — our clean band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.
What is in Trader Joe's Lentils?
Trader Joe's Lentils lists 3 ingredients, starting with Lentils, Sea Salt and Water. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.
Does Trader Joe's Lentils contain seed oils?
No. Nothing in Trader Joe's Lentils’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".
How processed is Trader Joe's Lentils?
Trader Joe's Lentils is NOVA group 3: processed, but not ultra-processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.
How does Trader Joe's Lentils compare to other paper products?
At 95/100 Trader Joe's Lentils sits in our top band, among the better paper products we have scored.
Is Trader Joe's Lentils organic?
Trader Joe's Lentils is not certified organic in our data.
Has Trader Joe's Lentils been lab tested?
Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Trader Joe's Lentils, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.
Full methodology: how we score products.
