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Is Campbell's Chili Mac Beans, Macaroni Pasta & Meat ultra-processed?

18.8 oz (1 lb 2.8 oz) 533 g Canned common beans Sold in the United States, Bolivia and Germany

Pack of Campbell's Chili Mac Beans, Macaroni Pasta & Meat

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed canned common beans

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, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), cooked beef, pork crumble (beef, pork, salt, spice), kidney beans, diced tomatoes in tomato juice, enriched macaroni pasta (semolina, egg whites, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), red peppers, modified cornstarch 2%, onions, sugar, salt, spices, white corn flour, dried garlic, paprika, yeast extract, maltodextrin, carrots, celery, vegetable oil, flavoring, cornstarch, soy lecithin, caramel color, soy sauce (water, soybeans, salt, wheat)

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

Water, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), seasoned cooked beef and pork crumble (beef, pork, salt, spice extractive), kidney beans, diced tomatoes in tomato juice, enriched macaroni pasta (semolina, egg whites, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), red peppers, 2% modified cornstarch, onions, sugar, salt, spices, white corn flour, dried garlic, paprika, yeast extract, maltodextrin, carrots, celery, vegetable oil, flavoring, cornstarch, soy lecithin, caramel color, soy sauce (water, soybeans, salt, wheat).

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.

  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
6 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 175 canned common beans

From least to most processed, this one ranks 175th. 47% of the canned common beans 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 175 canned common beans, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051000218865, last edited 31 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.