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Is Plant Menu Three bean chilli ultra-processed?

300 g Plant-based meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Plant Menu Three bean chilli

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

mixed beans 24% (Black Eyed Beans, Red Kidney Beans, Black Turtle Beans), Tomato, Water, white rice 15%, Onion, Tomato Purée, Garlic Purée, Waxy Maize Starch, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Spices (Smoked Paprika, Cumin, Coriander, Cayenne Pepper, Paprika), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Black Pepper, Coriander

As written on the pack

MIXED BEANS (24%) (Black Eyed Beans, Red Kidney Beans, Black Turtle Beans); Tomato, Water, WHITE RICE (15%), Onion, Tomato Purée, Garlic Purée, Waxy Maize Starch, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Ground Spices (Smoked Paprika, Cumin, Coriander, Cayenne Pepper, Paprika), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Ground Black Pepper, Dried Coriander.

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 65 plant-based meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 49% of the plant-based meals 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 65 plant-based meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600531090, last edited 27 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.