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Is All Plants Five-Bean Chilli ultra-processed?

300g Vegetable based frozen ready-made meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of All Plants Five-Bean Chilli

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 28 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Beans 31% (Black Turtle Beans, Red Kidney Beans, Pinto Beans, Cannellini Beans, Haricot Beans), Passata, Tomatoes, Water, Onions, Rapeseed Oil, Spinach 2.5%, Garlic Puree, Ginger, Maple Syrup 1.5%, Tomato Puree, Cumin, Coriander, Coriander, Salt, Paprika, Smoked Paprika, Cornflour, Turmeric, Cinnamon, Milled Lime Leaves, Red Chilli, Cracked Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Cooked Beans (31%) (Black Turtle Beans, Red Kidney Beans, Pinto Beans, Cannellini Beans, Haricot Beans), Passata, Tomatoes, Water, Onions, Rapeseed Oil, Spinach (2.5%), Garlic Puree, Ginger Puree, Maple Syrup (1.5%), Tomato Puree, Ground Cumin, Coriander, Ground Coriander, Salt, Ground Paprika, Smoked Paprika, Cornflour, Ground Turmeric, Ground Cinnamon, Milled Lime Leaves, Red Chilli Flakes, Cracked Black Pepper.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 vegetable based frozen ready-made meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 56% of the vegetable based frozen ready-made meals 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 9 vegetable based frozen ready-made meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060482843743, last edited 14 June 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.