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Is Amy's Tamale Verde Black Bean ultra-processed?

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Pack of Amy's Tamale Verde Black Bean

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
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

filtered water, brown rice, onions, tomatillos, corn masa (stoneground corn flour, trace of lime), black beans, tomato puree, expeller pressed high oleic oil (safflower oil, sunflower oil), zucchini, corn, bell peppers, tomatoes, sea salt, cane sugar, garlic, distilled vinegar, cilantro, spices, baking soda, jalapeno peppers, fire-roasted poblano peppers, chipotle peppers, black pepper, balsamic vinegar

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

filtered water, organic brown rice, organic onions, organic tomatillos, organic corn masa (organic stoneground corn flour, trace of lime), organic black beans, organic tomato puree, expeller pressed high oleic safflower and/or sunflower oil, organic zucchini, organic corn, organic bell peppers, organic diced tomatoes, sea salt, organic cane sugar, organic garlic, organic distilled vinegar (gluten free), organic cilantro, spices, baking soda, jalapeno peppers, organic fire-roasted poblano peppers, chipotle peppers, black pepper, organic balsamic vinegar,

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272002696, last edited 15 May 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.