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Is Lidl Chilli Con Carne ultra-processed?

500g Chili con carne Sold in the United Kingdom and Belgium

Pack of Lidl Chilli Con Carne

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 C

Less processed chili con carne

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

GB IE Hot spiced chilli cooking sauce with tomatoes, onions, red peppers, red kidney beans Ingredients 65% Tomatoes, Onions 7%, Red Tomato Purée 7%, Modified Maize Starch, Sugar, Salt, Acidity Peppers, Red Kidney Beans 6%, Water, Concentrated Regulator 3% (Lactic Acid), Chillies, Coriander, Cumin, Paprika, Onion Powder, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Parsley, Chilli, Garlic Powder, Black Pepper, Parsley

Additives: E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

GB IE Hot spiced chilli cooking sauce with tomatoes, onions, red peppers and red kidney beans Ingredients 65% Tomatoes, 7% Onions, 7% Red Tomato Purée, Modified Maize Starch, Sugar, Salt, Acidity Peppers, 6% Red Kidney Beans, Water, 3% Concentrated Regulator: Lactic Acid; Ground Chillies, Coriander, Ground Cumin, Paprika, Onion Powder, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Parsley, Chilli Powder, Garlic Powder, Ground Black Pepper, Dried Parsley.

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.

  • 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.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 chili con carne

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 69% of the chili con carne 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 16 chili con carne, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20511111, last edited 7 August 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.