Is Sedir food Boiled Chickpeas ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 7 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed chickpeas
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Chickpeas, water, salt (processing marker), Preservatives (processing marker) (Sodium Disulfite e223), antioxidant (Calcium disodium-EDTA e385)
Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate
As written on the pack
Chickpeas, water, salt, Preservatives (Sodium Disulfite E223), antioxidant (Calcium disodium-EDTA E385). Contains sulphites. May contain traces of lupine and soybean
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.
Preservation and traditional processing
Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Among 68 chickpeas
From least to most processed, this one ranks 64th. 6% of the chickpeas here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7350106061553, last edited 2 April 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.