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Is Ben's Original Street Food Bean & Rice Burrito Bowl ultra-processed?

255 g Pulses Sold in the United States

Pack of Ben's Original Street Food Bean & Rice Burrito Bowl

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

Less processed pulses

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

water, parboiled long grain rice, black beans, diced tomatoes in juice (tomatoes, tomato juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), red bell peppers, corn, onions, diced poblano peppers, soybean oil, green onions, spices, salt, cilantro, lime juice concentrate, distilled white vinegar, garlic, onion, calcium (calcium carbonate), iron (iron phosphate), vitamin b3 (niacinamide), vitamin b1 (thiamine mononitrate), folic acid

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

WATER, PARBOILED LONG GRAIN RICE, BLACK BEANS, DICED TOMATOES IN JUICE (TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), DICED RED BELL PEPPERS, CORN, DICED ONIONS, DICED POBLANO PEPPERS, SOYBEAN OIL, CHOPPED GREEN ONIONS, SPICES, SALT, CILANTRO, LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE, DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, CALCIUM (CALCIUM CARBONATE), IRON (IRON PHOSPHATE), VITAMIN B3 (NIACINAMIDE), VITAMIN B1 (THIAMINE MONONITRATE), FOLIC 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 377 pulses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 246th. 34% of the pulses 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 377 pulses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0054800425853, last edited 1 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.