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Is Amy's Bowls Chili Mac ultra-processed?

9.0 oz Stews Sold in the United States

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:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed stews

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

rice pasta (rice flour, filtered water), filtered water, lowfat milk, red beans, white cheddar cheese (milk, culture, salt, enzymes (without animal enzymes, rennet)), onions, tofu (filtered water, soybeans, nigari (magnesium chloride, a natural firming agent)), sweet rice flour, grade aa butter (cream, salt), green chiles, expeller pressed high oleic oil (safflower oil, sunflower oil), spices, sea salt, garlic, tomato puree, ketchup (tomato concentrate, distilled vinegar, cane sugar, sea salt, onion powder, spices, natural flavor), jalapeno peppers, annatto, smoked paprika

Additives: E160b Annatto

As written on the pack

Organic rice pasta (organic rice flour, filtered water), filtered water, organic lowfat milk, organic red beans, white cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, culture, salt, enzymes [without animal enzymes or rennet]), organic onions, organic tofu (filtered water, organic soybeans, nigari [magnesium chloride, a natural firming agent]), organic sweet rice flour, grade aa butter (cream, salt), organic green chiles, expeller pressed high oleic safflower and/or sunflower oil, spices, sea salt, organic garlic, organic tomato puree, organic ketchup (organic tomato concentrate, organic distilled vinegar, organic cane sugar, sea salt, organic onion powder, organic spices, natural flavor), organic jalapeno peppers, organic annatto, organic smoked paprika.

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.

  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
6 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 33 stews

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 73% of the stews 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 33 stews, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272010578, last edited 31 August 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.