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Is Happy Pear Chilli no Carne ultra-processed?

400 g Plant-based meals Sold in Ireland

Pack of Happy Pear Chilli no Carne

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

cooked yellow rice 30% (water, brown rice, turmeric), tomatoes, black beans 14%, mixed red, yellow peppers, onions, leeks, tomato purée, water, rapeseed oil, garlic, cornflour, coriander, salt, cumin, agave, smoked paprika, chilli, black pepper

As written on the pack

COOKED YELLOW RICE (30%) [WATER, BROWN RICE, TURMERIC], TOMATOES, BLACK BEANS (14%), MIXED RED AND YELLOW PEPPERS, ONIONS, LEEKS, TOMATO PURÉE, WATER, RAPESEED OIL, GARLIC, CORNFLOUR, CORIANDER, SALT, CUMIN, AGAVE, SMOKED PAPRIKA, CHILLI POWDER, BLACK PEPPER. : MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF NUTS AND SESAME SEEDS

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 65 plant-based meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 49% of the plant-based meals 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 65 plant-based meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5391525351353, last edited 2 April 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.