Is Old El Paso SANTA FE STYLE Black Beans ultra-processed?

8.8 oz Canned common beans Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Vegetable oil

13 ingredients
No additives
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

black beans, water, tomato paste, sweet corn, garlic puree, sunflower oil (processing marker), salt (processing marker), cumin, chili pepper puree, cilantro, chili, black pepper, ingredients

As written on the pack

Cooked black beans, water, tomato paste, sweet corn, garlic puree, sunflower oil, salt, cumin, chili pepper puree, cilantro, chili powder, black pepper. May contain cashews, wheat, soy, sesame seeds, peanuts, and milk ingredients.

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.
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 79th. 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 0046000137551, last edited 10 May 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.