Is Roasted Fava Beans ultra-processed?

120 g Broad beans Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose

17 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed broad 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

Fava Beans 82.5%, Rapeseed Oil, Seasoning (Rice Flour, Salt (processing marker), Black Garlic, Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Onion Powder, Yeast Extract, Garlic Powder, Herbs (rosemary, parsley), Spice (white pepper), Herb Extract, Garlic Oil)

As written on the pack

Fava Beans, 82.5%, Rapeseed Oil, Seasoning (Rice Flour, Salt, Black Garlic Extract Powder, Dextrose, Onion Powder, Yeast Extract, Garlic Powder, Herbs (rosemary, parsley), Spice (white pepper), Herb Extract, Garlic Oil). May contain traces of nuts, peanuts, sesame or soya.

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 broad beans

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 38% of the broad 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 8 broad beans, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060208742930, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.