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Is Tesco Chewy banana ultra-processed?

Dried bananas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Chewy banana

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:

  • 4 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed dried bananas

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

Dried Banana, Rice Flour, Preservative (Sodium Metabisulphite)

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite

As written on the pack

Dried Banana, Rice Flour, Preservative (Sodium Metabisulphite).

What makes it processed

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 dried bananas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 58% of the dried bananas 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 12 dried bananas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697256820, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.