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Is Corale Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce ultra-processed?

Baked beans in tomato sauce Sold in Australia

Pack of Corale Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed baked beans in tomato sauce

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

navy beans 51%, tomato sauce 49% (water, tomato puree, sugar, thickener, salt, onion powder paprika extract, maltodextrin, spice extract, vegetable oil), tomato sauce contains 37% tomato puree, and

Additives: E1422 Acetylated distarch adipate , E160c Paprika extract

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E1422 Acetylated distarch adipate, E160c Paprika extract.

As written on the pack

navy beans (51%), tomato sauce (49%) [water, reconstituted tomato puree, sugar, thickener (1422), salt, onion powder paprika extract, maltodextrin, spice extract, vegetable oil], tomato sauce contains 37% tomato puree, suitable for vegetarians and vegans,

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.

  • E1422 Acetylated distarch adipate Acetylated distarch adipate is a chemically modified starch that holds up to heating, freezing and acidity, used to thicken sauces and fillings.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 114 baked beans in tomato sauce

From least to most processed, this one ranks 95th. 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 4061463015341, last edited 16 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.