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Is Essential Waitrose & Partners Cannellini beans in water ultra-processed?

White beans Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Essential Waitrose & Partners Cannellini beans in water

No, it's unprocessed or minimally processed

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

None of its ingredients counts as a sign of processing in NOVA.

  • 4 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Cannellini beans, water, calcium chloride, ascorbic acid

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Cannellini beans, water, firming agent (calcium chloride), antioxidant (ascorbic acid)

Among 42 white beans

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 43% of the white 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 42 white beans, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169647554, last edited 19 August 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.