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Is Taste of Sweet & Tangy BBQ Beans ultra-processed?

285g Pulses Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Taste of Sweet & Tangy BBQ Beans

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed pulses

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

Black Beans 25% (Water, Black Beans), Brown Lentils 18% (Water, Brown Lentils), Cooked Blackeye Beans 12% (Water, Blackeye Beans), Pinto Beans 10% (Water, Pinto Beans), Red Pepper 7%, Onion, Sweetcorn 6%, Tomato Paste, BBQ Sauce 4% (Fructose, Applewood Smoked Water, Caster Sugar, Tomato Paste, Molasses, Water, Glucose Syrup, Onion Powder, Sea Salt, Acetic Acid, Malic Acid, Smoked Paprika, Cornflour, Pimento), Pea Protein Isolate, Onion Powder, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Yeast Extract Powder, Smoked Paprika, Sugar, Paprika Powder, Salt, Garlic Powder, Guar Gum

Additives: E260 Acetic acid , E296 Malic acid , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

25% Cooked Black Beans (Water, Black Beans), 18% Cooked Brown Lentils (Water, Brown Lentils), 12% Cooked Blackeye Beans (Water, Blackeye Beans), 10% Cooked Pinto Beans (Water, Pinto Beans), 7% Red Pepper, Onion, 6% Sweetcorn, Tomato Paste, 4% BBQ Sauce (Fructose, Applewood Smoked Water, Caster Sugar, Tomato Paste, Molasses, Water, Glucose Syrup, Onion Powder, Smoked Sea Salt, Acidity Regulators: Acetic Acid, Malic Acid; Smoked Paprika, Cornflour, Ground Pimento), Pea Protein Isolate Powder, Onion Powder, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower and/or Rapeseed), Yeast Extract Powder, Smoked Paprika Powder, Sugar, Paprika Powder, Salt, Garlic Powder, Stabiliser: Guar Gum.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
3 ingredients 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 377 pulses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 369th. 34% of the pulses 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 377 pulses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4335619071223, last edited 17 September 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.