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Is Baxters Jackfruit Three Bean & Chipotle Chilli ultra-processed?

Canned soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Baxters Jackfruit Three Bean & Chipotle Chilli

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Toes, Onions, Black-eyed Beans 6%, Haricot Beans 6%, Redopers, Kidney Beans 5%, Potatoes, Sweetcorn, Jackfruit 3%, Ginger, Lime Juice, Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce 1% (Chipotle Peppers, Water, Tomato Paste, Salt, Sugar, Onion), Garlic Purée, Maize Starch, Mixed Spices Salt, Sugar, Mixed Herbs, Cornflour, Yeast Extract, Onion, Potato Starch, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, Toes, Onions, Black-eyed Beans (6%), Haricot Beans (6%), Redopers, Kidney Beans (5%), Potatoes, Sweetcorn, Jackfruit (3%), Ginger Purée, Lime Juice, Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce (1%) (Chipotle Peppers, Water, Tomato Paste, Salt, Sugar, Onion), Garlic Purée, Maize Starch, Mixed Spices Salt, Sugar, Mixed Herbs, Cornflour, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Potato Starch, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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 189 canned soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 60th. 68% of the canned 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 189 canned soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5012427309708, last edited 27 March 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.