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Is Bold Beanco Baked Beans Smoky Chilli ultra-processed?

325g Baked beans in tomato sauce Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Bold Beanco Baked Beans Smoky 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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed prepared vegetables

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

Tomato 50%, white beans 36%, olive oil, red pepper, brown sugar, salt, onion, garlic, coriander, cayenne pepper, chipotle powder mix 0.04% (sweet paprika, chipotle, garlic, cumin, oregano), and smoked paprika

As written on the pack

Tomato (50%), white beans (36%), olive oil, red pepper, brown sugar, salt, onion powder, garlic, ground coriander, cayenne pepper extract, chipotle powder mix (0.04%) (sweet paprika, smoked chipotle, garlic powder, cumin, oregano), and smoked 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.
  • 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

Among 114 baked beans in tomato sauce

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 82% of the baked beans in tomato sauce 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 114 baked beans in tomato sauce, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060940940243, last edited 4 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.