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Is Napolina Spicy bean salad ultra-processed?

Canned common beans Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Napolina Spicy bean salad

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed canned common 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

Vegetables in Variable Proportions 60% (Red Kidney Beans, Black Eye Beans, Chickpeas, Pea Navy Beans, Sweetcorn), Water, Tomato Purée 4%, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Sugar, Modified Maize Starch, Onion, Garlic, Parsley, Chilli, Firming Agent (Calcium Chloride), Spice Extracts, Herb Extracts, NU Typi Ener Fat (of w Carl of w Fibr Prot Salt)

Additives: E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Vegetables in Variable Proportions (60%) (Red Kidney Beans, Black Eye Beans, Chickpeas, Pea Navy Beans, Sweetcorn), Water, Tomato Purée (4%), Sunflower Oil, Salt, Sugar, Modified Maize Starch, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Parsley, Chilli Powder, Firming Agent: Calcium Chloride, Spice Extracts, Herb Extracts. NU Typi Ener Fat: of w Carl of w Fibr Prot Salt

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.

  • Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.
  • 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.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 175 canned common beans

From least to most processed, this one ranks 145th. 47% of the canned common 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 175 canned common beans, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000232849830, last edited 14 March 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.