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Is Great Value Mixed chili beans dark red kidney beans ultra-processed?

Canned common beans Sold in the United States

Pack of Great Value Mixed chili beans dark red kidney beans

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed canned common beans

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

dark red kidney beans, pinto beans, black beans, water, contains less than 2% of (salt), chili (chili pepper, cumin, salt, garlic, oregano), tomato paste, sugar, soybean oil, modified food starch, corn starch, paprika, spice, torula yeast, onion, mustard, garlic, paprika oleoresin, natural flavor

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

dark red kidney beans, pinto beans, black beans, water, contains less than 2% of: salt, chili powder (chili pepper, cumin, salt, garlic powder, oregano), tomato paste, sugar, soybean oil, modified food starch, corn starch, paprika, spice, hickory smoked torula yeast, onion powder, mustard flour, garlic powder, paprika oleoresin, natural flavor,

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 175 canned common beans

From least to most processed, this one ranks 159th. 47% of the canned common 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 175 canned common beans, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0078742213262, last edited 1 August 2022), 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.