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Is Myprotein CHIPOTLE BEEF CHILLI & Rice ultra-processed?

310 g Chili con carne Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Myprotein CHIPOTLE BEEF CHILLI & Rice

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Minced Beef 33%, Water, Tomatoes 10% (Tomato, Tomato Juice), Long Grain Rice 8%, Kidney Beans 4%, Tomato Puree, Onion, Red Pepper 3%, Green Pepper 3%, Black Beans 2%, Beef Stock (Water, Yeast Extract, Beef Bones, Salt, Lemon Juice, Beef Fat), Garlic Puree, Chipotle Paste 0.8% (Water, Chipotle 30%, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Salt), Starch, Cumin, Sugar, Smoked Paprika, Red Wine Vinegar, Cornflour, Salt, Oregano, Cocoa Powder, Coriander, Chilli, Coriander, Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Minced Beef (33%), Water, Tomatoes (10%) (Tomato, Tomato Juice), Long Grain Rice (8%), Kidney Beans (4%), Tomato Puree, Onion, Red Pepper (3%), Green Pepper (3%), Black Beans (2%), Beef Stock (Water, Yeast Extract, Beef Bones, Salt, Lemon Juice, Beef Fat), Garlic Puree, Chipotle Paste (0.8%) (Water, Ground Chipotle (30%), Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Salt), Starch, Ground Cumin, Sugar, Smoked Paprika, Red Wine Vinegar, Cornflour, Salt, Oregano, Cocoa Powder, Coriander, Chilli Powder, Ground Coriander, Ground 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 5th. 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 5060558351325, last edited 15 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.