Is Morrisons Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce ultra-processed?

Baked beans in tomato sauce Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Modified starch
E160c Paprika extract

15 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score A

Less processed baked beans in tomato sauce

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

modified maize starch (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), onion powder, paprika, haricot beans 53%, tomato purée 24%, water, sugar (processing marker), rapeseed oil, clove, cinnamon, paprika extract (ultra-processing marker), flavouring (ultra-processing marker), capsicum extract (ultra-processing marker), garlic oil

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

modified maize starch, salt, onion powder, paprika, haricot beans (53%), tomato purée (24%), water, sugar, rapeseed oil, clove extract, cinnamon extract, paprika extract, flavouring, capsicum extract, garlic oil.

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.

E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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 114 baked beans in tomato sauce

From least to most processed, this one ranks 74th. 82% of the baked beans in tomato sauce 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 114 baked beans in tomato sauce, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010251569190, last edited 1 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.