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Is Schwartz Chilli Con Carne ultra-processed?

41 g Chili con carne Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Schwartz Chilli Con Carne

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • No additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Spices (Chilli Pepper 10%, Dried Onion, Cumin 5%, Paprika 5%, Dried Garlic, Cayenne Pepper, White Pepper), Wheat Flour (with Calcium, Iron, Niacin (Vitamin B3), Thiamin (Vitamin B1)), Potato Starch, Salt, Sugar, Rice Flour, Oregano

As written on the pack

Spices (Chilli Pepper (10%), Dried Onion, Cumin (5%), Paprika (5%), Dried Garlic, Cayenne Pepper, White Pepper), Wheat Flour (with Calcium, Iron, Niacin (Vitamin B3), Thiamin (Vitamin B1)), Potato Starch, Salt, Sugar, Rice Flour, Oregano.

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 16 chili con carne

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 69% of the chili con carne 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 16 chili con carne, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000225005816, last edited 3 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.