Is HEINZ BEANZ In a rich tomato sauce with RICHMOND PORK SAUSAGES ultra-processed?

Baked beans in tomato sauce Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E412 Guar gum
E450 Diphosphates

15 ingredients
2 additives

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 38%, Tomatoes 31%, Water, Per Per ½ %RI* Sausages 15%, Pork 42%, Water, can 388kJ 805kJ Rusk (Wheat), Pork Fat, Soya Protein, Starch (processing marker) (Wheat), Diphosphates (ultra-processing marker), Guar Gum (ultra-processing marker), Methyl how to cook 21

Additives: E412 Guar gum , E450 Diphosphates

As written on the pack

Beans (38%), Tomatoes (31%), Water, Per Per ½ %RI* Sausages (15%, Pork (42%), Water, 100g can 388kJ 805kJ Rusk (Wheat), Pork Fat, Soya Protein, Starch (Wheat), Stabilisers: Diphosphates, Guar Gum, Methyl how to cook 21/2 MINS

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.

E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

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.

Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 114 baked beans in tomato sauce

From least to most processed, this one ranks 55th. 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 5000157156044, last edited 21 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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