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Is Maya Kaimal Organic Kidney Beans With Carrots And Tamarind Dal ultra-processed?

Pulses Sold in the United States

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed pulses

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

dark red kidney beans (water, dark red kidney beans), water, onion, tomato paste, tomatoes in juice (fresh vine-ripened tomatoes, tomato juice, calcium chloride, citric acid), carrots, red lentils (water, red lentils), sunflower oil, garlic, tamarind paste, ginger, sea salt, coriander, green jalapeno pepper, cumin, turmeric, cinnamon, clove, allspice, cayenne, black pepper

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

dark red kidney beans* (water, dark red kidney beans*), water, onion*, tomato paste*, tomatoes in juice* (fresh vine-ripened tomatoes*, tomato juice*, calcium chloride, citric acid), carrots*, red lentils* (water, red lentils*), sunflower oil*, garlic*, tamarind paste*, ginger*, sea salt, coriander*, green jalapeno pepper*, cumin*, turmeric*, cinnamon*, clove*, allspice*, cayenne*, black pepper*,

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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 377 pulses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 245th. 34% of the pulses 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 377 pulses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0891756000495, last edited 16 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.