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Is Aldi Original Baked Beans ultra-processed?

Canned common beans Sold in the United States

Pack of Aldi Original Baked Beans

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
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed canned common beans

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

white beans, water, brown on facts sugar, sugar, contains 2% and less (salt), bacon gs per container (with water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), cornstarch modified, mustard (distilled vinegar, water, 1, 2 cup, mustard seed, salt, turmeric, paprika, spice, 150 garlic powder), caramel color, onion powder garlic powder

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E250 Sodium nitrite , E316 Sodium erythorbate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

prepared white beans, water, brown on facts sugar, sugar, contains 2% or less: salt, bacon gs per container (cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), cornstarch modified, mustard (distilled vinegar, water, 1/2 cup (130g) mustard seed, salt, turmeric, paprika, spice, 150 garlic powder), caramel color, onion powder garlic powder,

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
4 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 175 canned common beans

From least to most processed, this one ranks 148th. 47% of the canned common beans 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 175 canned common beans, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100126679, last edited 12 November 2022), 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.