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Is Chef Select Beef Chilli With Brown Rice & Sweetcorn Relish ultra-processed?

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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:

  • 42 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Brown Rice 35%, Peas 35% (Brown Rice (Water, Brown Rice), Peas 16%, Coriander), Minced Beef 16%, Sweetcorn 12%, Water, Chopped Tomato 9%, Black Turtle Beans 5%, Onion, Red Kidney Beans 2%, Red Lentils 2%, Tomato Paste, Garlic, Green Chilli, Coriander, Salt, Red Chilli, Red Wine Vinegar, Beef Stock (Yeast Extracts, Glucose Syrup, Natural Flavouring, Salt, Onion, Beef Stock, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato), Cumin, Smoked Paprika, Cornflour, Sugar, Dried Oregano, Barley Malt Extract, Cracked Black Pepper, including Cereals containing Gluten, Storage Instructions (Keep refrigerated, Suitable for home Energy Fat 554kJ 132kca 4.0)

As written on the pack

35% Cooked Brown Rice and Peas (Cooked Brown Rice [Water, Brown Rice], 16% Peas, Coriander), 16% Minced Beef, 12% Sweetcorn, Water, 9% Chopped Tomato, 5% Black Turtle Beans, Onion, 2% Red Kidney Beans, 2% Red Lentils, Tomato Paste, Garlic, Green Chilli, Coriander, Salt, Red Chilli, Red Wine Vinegar, Beef Stock (Yeast Extracts, Glucose Syrup, Natural Flavouring, Salt, Onion Powder, Beef Stock Powder, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Powder), Ground Cumin, Ground Smoked Paprika, Cornflour, Sugar, Dried Oregano, Barley Malt Extract, Cracked Black Pepper. Allergy Advice: For allergens, including Cereals containing Gluten, see ingredients in bold. May also contain Nuts, Peanuts and Sesame. Storage Instructions: Keep refrigerated. Suitable for home Energy Fat 554kJ 132kca 4.0

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
2 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4335619070905, 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.
  • 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.