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Is Freshona Mixed Bean Salad in Vinaigrette ultra-processed?

400g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Freshona Mixed Bean Salad in Vinaigrette

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

vegetables in variable proportions 60% (Red kidney beans, black eye beans, borlotti beans, pea baby beans, baby green Lima beans, sweetcorn), water, white wine vinegar 0.9%, sugar, mustard, garlic, antioxidant (ascorbic acid), pepper, firming agent (calcium chloride), pepper extract, basil extract

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

60% vegetables in variable proportions (Red kidney beans, black eye beans, borlotti beans, pea baby beans, baby green Lima beans, sweetcorn), water, 0.9% white wine vinegar, sugar, mustard powder, garlic powder, antioxidant: ascorbic acid, pepper, firming agent: calcium chloride, pepper extract, basil extract.

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.

  • Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489887812, last edited 25 May 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.