Is Amy's Refried Beans ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 8 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score A
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
filtered water, onions, high oleic oil (safflower oil (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker)), sea salt (processing marker), garlic, spices
As written on the pack
(VEGAN): ORGANIC PINTO BEANS, FILTERED WATER, ORGANIC ONIONS, ORGANIC HIGH OLEIC SAFFLOWER AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, SEA SALT, ORGANIC GARLIC, ORGANIC SPICES.
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 175 canned common beans
From least to most processed, this one ranks 71st. 47% of the canned common beans here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272005505, last edited 10 July 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.