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Is Jamie Oliver Incredible Curried Chickpeas ultra-processed?

250g Chickpeas Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Jamie Oliver Incredible Curried Chickpeas

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 B

Less processed chickpeas

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

Rehydrated Chickpeas 36% (Chickpeas, Water), Water, Lentils, Kents 12%, Waterl, Rice 10% (Brown Rice, Water), Tomato Concentrate, pesad Dil, Spices 2.4% (Cumin Seeds, Cumin, Coriander, Ground Ginger Ground Black Pepper, Turmeric, Cinnamon, Ground Star Anisel Concentrated Lemon Juice 0.2736%), Salt, Mustard

As written on the pack

Rehydrated Chickpeas (36%) (Chickpeas, Water), Water, Pre-cooked Lentils (12% Kents, Waterl, Pre-cooked Rice (10%) ([Brown Rice, Water), Tomato Concentrate, pesad Dil, Spices (2.4%) (Cumin Seeds, Ground Cumin, Ground Coriander, Ground Ginger Ground Black Pepper, Ground Turmeric, Ground Cinnamon, Ground Star Anisel Concentrated Lemon Juice 11.4%), Salt, Mustard Flour

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 68 chickpeas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 55th. 6% of the chickpeas 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 68 chickpeas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5030101022248, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.