Is Heinz Beans Triple Pack ultra-processed?

200 g Baked beans in tomato sauce Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Modified flour

9 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed baked beans in tomato sauce

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

beans 51%, tomatoes 34%, water, sugarspirjtv)negat, modified cornflour (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), spice extracts, herb extract 10% protein contributes to a growth in muscle niàis (eataspart ofavaried and balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle)

As written on the pack

beans (51 %), tomatoes (34%), water, sugarspirjtv)negat, modified cornflour, salt, spice extracts, herb extract 10% protein contributes to a growth in muscle niàis:eataspart ofavaried and balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle,

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Modified flour An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 114 baked beans in tomato sauce

From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 82% of the baked beans in tomato sauce 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 114 baked beans in tomato sauce, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000157025746, last edited 20 March 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.