Trader Joe's Crispy Battered Calamari

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 2 ingredients to avoid

Trader Joe's Crispy Battered Calamari scores 27/100 on Tallow — our avoid 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.

Trader Joe's Crispy Battered Calamari lists 12 ingredients, starting with Squid, Sunflower Oil, Wheat Flour, Rice Semolina and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 27/100 Trader Joe's Crispy Battered Calamari scores worse than most seafood we have scored. A higher-scoring option in seafood is Kirkland Signature Wild Caught Alaska Sockeye Salmon at 100/100.