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Is Amy's Vegetable Jambalaya with Red Beans ultra-processed?

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Pack of Amy's Vegetable Jambalaya with Red Beans

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

filtered water, tomato puree, bell peppers, kidney beans, onions, carrots, celery, brown rice, green bell peppers, garlic, high oleic oil (safflower oil, sunflower oil), sea salt, smoked paprika, spices, black pepper, paprika

As written on the pack

filtered water, organic tomato puree, organic bell peppers, organic kidney beans, organic onions, organic carrots, organic celery, organic brown rice, organic green bell peppers, organic garlic, organic high oleic safflower and/or sunflower oil, sea salt, organic smoked paprika, organic spices, organic black pepper, organic paprika

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 118th. 63% of the soups 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 722 soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272030040, last edited 29 August 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.