Is it ultra-processed?
Menu

Is Newgate Baked Beans And Pork Sausages ultra-processed?

Baked beans in tomato sauce Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Newgate Baked Beans And Pork Sausages

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • 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

Haricot Beans 38%, Tomatoes 29%, Pork Sausages 18% (Pork 62%, Water, Pork Drinde, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Ammonium Carbonate, Ground Ginger, White Pepper, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt, Sugar, Calcium Lactate, Cardamom, Mustard Flour, Pepper Extract, Nutmeg, Coriander, Sage), Water, Sugar, Modified Maize Starch, Salt, Onion Oil

Additives: E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503i Ammonium carbonate

As written on the pack

38% Haricot Beans, 29% Tomatoes, 18% Pork Sausages (62% Pork, Water, Pork Drinde, Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Ammonium Carbonate, Ground Ginger, Ground White Pepper, Ground Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Salt, Sugar, Calcium Lactate, Raising Agent Cardamom, Mustard Flour, Pepper Extract, Nutmeg Extract, Coriander Extract, Sage), Water, Sugar, Modified Maize Starch, Salt, Onion 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.

  • 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.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 114 baked beans in tomato sauce

From least to most processed, this one ranks 36th. 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 4052917874997, last edited 30 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.