Is Amy's Tortilla Casserole & Black 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:
- 42 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
tomato puree, filtered water, tortilla (processing marker) (stoneground corn, expeller pressed high oleic oil (safflower oil (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker)), water, sea salt (processing marker), trace of lime), onions, black beans, tofu (filtered water, soybeans, nigari (magnesium chloride, a natural firming agent (ultra-processing marker))), cheddar cheese (processing marker) (milk, culture, salt (processing marker), annatto (ultra-processing marker), enzymes (without animal enzymes, rennet)), jalapeno peppers, mushrooms, monterey jack cheese (processing marker) (milk, culture, salt (processing marker), enzymes (without animal enzymes, rennet)), carrots, cilantro, garlic, lime juice, extra virgin olive oil (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), spices
Additives: E160b Annatto
As written on the pack
Organic tomato puree, filtered water, tortilla chips (organic stoneground corn, expeller pressed high oleic safflower and/or sunflower oil, water, sea salt, trace of lime), organic onions, organic black beans, organic tofu (filtered water, organic soybeans, nigari [magnesium chloride, a natural firming agent]), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, culture, salt, annatto, enzymes [without animal enzymes or rennet]), jalapeno peppers, organic mushrooms, monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, culture, salt, enzymes [without animal enzymes or rennet]), organic carrots, organic cilantro, organic garlic, organic lime juice, organic extra virgin olive oil, sea salt, spices.
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.
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.
- 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.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272001682, last edited 27 April 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.