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Is M&S Food Beef Chilli Con Carne ultra-processed?

400 g Chili con carne Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of M&S Food Beef Chilli Con 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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

British Beef 27%, Red Kidney Beans 24%, Tomato Purée, Red Peppers 8%, Onions, Tomatoes, Spices (Cumin, Paprika, Coriander, Chilli, Black Pepper), Tomato Juice, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Sugar, Coriander, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Lime Juice, Oregano

As written on the pack

British Beef (27%), Red Kidney Beans (24%), Tomato Purée, Red Peppers (8%), Onions, Tomatoes, Ground Spices (Cumin, Paprika, Coriander, Chilli Powder, Black Pepper) Tomato Juice, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Sugar, Coriander, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Concentrated Lime Juice, Oregano.

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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 16 chili con carne

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 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 00809689, last edited 15 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.