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Is Park Street Deli Chickpea Salad ultra-processed?

8 oz Prepared salads Sold in the United States

Pack of Park Street Deli Chickpea Salad

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Chickpeas, Edamame Beans, Cranberries, Sunflower Oil, Olive Oil, Carrots, Red Peppers, Green Peppers, Salt, Italian Seasoning (Oregano, Basil, Marjoram, Thyme, Rosemary), Citric Acid, Garlic, Black Pepper, Cumin, White Vinegar, 1, 10 of 1% (Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate (To Preserve Freshness))

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Chickpeas, Edamame Beans (Soy), Cranberries, Sunflower Oil, Olive Oil, Carrots, Red Peppers, Green Peppers, Salt, Italian Seasoning (Oregano, Basil, Marjoram, Thyme, Rosemary), Citric Acid, Garlic, Black Pepper, Cumin, White Vinegar, 1/10 of 1%: Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Sorbate (To Preserve Freshness).

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.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.

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 224 prepared salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 86th. 60% of the prepared salads 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 224 prepared salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100129465, last edited 25 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.