Is Tasty Bite Madras Lentils ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 14 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed lentils
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
water, black lentils, red kidney beans, cream, tomato paste, dried onion, butter (processing marker), salt (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), canola oil, soybean oil (processing marker), cumin, chili pepper, ginger
As written on the pack
water, black lentils, red kidney beans, cream, tomato paste, dried onion, butter, salt, sunflower oil and/or canola oil and/or soybean oil, cumin powder, chili pepper powder, dried ginger
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
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.
Among 69 lentils
From least to most processed, this one ranks 38th. 35% of the lentils here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0782733000020, last edited 29 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.