Is Fillo's Bean Salsa Roja Corn Bar ultra-processed?

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Pack of Fillo's Bean Salsa Roja Corn Bar

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

water, corn flour, pinto beans, tomato, extra virgin olive oil (processing marker), garbanzo beans, sea salt (processing marker), tomato paste, guajillo pepper, black pepper, de arbol, baking soda, onion, pasilla pepper, garlic

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

WATER, NIXTAMALIZED CORN FLOUR, PINTO BEANS, TOMATO, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, GARBANZO BEANS, SEA SALT, TOMATO PASTE, GUAJILLO PEPPER, BLACK PEPPER, CHILE DE ARBOL, BAKING SODA, ONION POWDER, PASILLA PEPPER, GARLIC POWDER

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0852605008574, last edited 23 February 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.