Is Amy's Enchilada with Spanish Rice & Beans ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 28 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
ingredients (filtered water), white rice, pinto beans, tomato puree, corn tortillas (processing marker) (white corn cooked in water with a trace of lime), corn, onions, bell peppers, zucchini, tofu (filtered water, soybeans, nigari (magnesium chloride, a natural firming agent (ultra-processing marker))), black beans, expeller pressed high oleic oil (safflower oil (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker)), sweet rice flour, spices, sea salt (processing marker), tapioca starch (processing marker), olives, garlic, green chiles
As written on the pack
INGREDIENTS (VEGAN): FILTERED WATER, ORGANIC WHITE RICE, ORGANIC PINTO BEANS, ORGANIC TOMATO PUREE,, ORGANIC CORN TORTILLAS (ORGANIC WHITE CORN COOKED IN WATER WITH A TRACE OF LIME), ORGANIC CORN, ORGANIC ONIONS, ORGANIC BELL PEPPERS, ORGANIC ZUCCHINI, ORGANIC TOFU (FILTERED WATER, ORGANIC SOYBEANS, NIGARI [MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, A NATURAL FIRMING AGENT]), ORGANIC BLACK BEANS, EXPELLER PRESSED HIGH OLEIC SAFFLOWER AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, ORGANIC SWEET RICE FLOUR, SPICES, SEA SALT, ORGANIC TAPIOCA STARCH, OLIVES, ORGANIC GARLIC, ORGANIC GREEN CHILES.
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.
- Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.
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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272000517, last edited 19 February 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.