Is Calbee HARVEST SNAPS Baked Black Bean Snacks Sweet & Spicy Mango Chile Lime ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score B
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Black beans, vegetable oil (processing marker) (canola, oil (sunflower oil, and safflower oil)), rice, mango chili lime seasoning (sugar (processing marker), brown sugar (processing marker), red bell pepper, sea salt (processing marker), onion powder, molasses solids, spices, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), garlic powder, citric acid, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), natural mesquite smoke flavor), calcium carbonate, and vitamin c (ascorbyl palmitate)
Additives: E304 Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid , E304i Ascorbyl palmitate , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Black beans, vegetable oil (canola, sunflower, and/or safflower oil), rice, mango chili lime seasoning (sugar, brown sugar, red bell pepper powder, sea salt, onion powder, molasses solids, spices, maltodextrin, garlic powder, citric acid, natural flavors, natural mesquite smoke flavor), calcium carbonate, and vitamin c (ascorbyl palmitate).
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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.
- Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
- 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.
Among 1,471 crisps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 856th. 64% of the crisps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0071146002319, last edited 5 September 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.