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Is Co-op Mushy Peas ultra-processed?

Green peas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Co-op Mushy Peas

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed green peas

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

behudrated processed peas 95%, water, sugar, salt, colou codper complexes of chlorophyllins, carotenes, manchester m60 0ag, www.coop.co.uk, tood advice removed from the can, placed in an alternative covered untainer, kept in a refrigerator, and consumed within 2 days reference intake average per adult portion nutrition per (1, 3 can), lypical values %$5 energy value

Additives: E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins , E140ii Chlorophyllins

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins.

As written on the pack

behudrated processed peas (95%), water, sugar, salt, colou codper complexes of chlorophyllins, carotenes). origin made in uk using british peas for co-0operative group ld. manchester m60 0ag. www.coop.co.uk/tood advice removed from the can, placed in an alternative covered untainer, kept in a refrigerator, and consumed within 2 days reference intake average per adult portion nutrition per 100g (1/3 can) lypical values %$5 energy value

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.

  • E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 35 green peas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 40% of the green peas 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 35 green peas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000128439527, last edited 26 June 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.