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Is Merchant Gourmet 5 Bean Medley ultra-processed?

240 g Red beans Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Merchant Gourmet 5 Bean Medley

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed red beans

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

Butter Beans 22.6% (Water, Butter Beans), Cannellini Beans 22.6% (Water, Cannellini Beans), Borlotti Beans 22.6% (Water, Borlotti Beans), Red Kidney Beans 16.6% (Water, Red Kidney Beans), Black Beans 13% (Water, Black Beans), Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2%, Sea Salt 0.6%

As written on the pack

Cooked Butter Beans (22.6%) (Water, Butter Beans), Cooked Cannellini Beans (22.6%) (Water, Cannellini Beans), Cooked Borlotti Beans (22.6%) (Water, Borlotti Beans), Cooked Red Kidney Beans (16.6%) (Water, Red Kidney Beans), Cooked Black Beans (13.0%) (Water, Black Beans), Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil (2.0%), Sea Salt (0.6%).

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 44 red beans

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 48% of the red beans 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 44 red beans, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5056215600820, last edited 5 June 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.