Is TESCO CHILLI CON CARNE MEATY & WARMING Minced beef ultra-processed?

392 g Chili con carne Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Modified starch

18 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed chili con carne

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 Onion, Tomato Juice, Red Pepper, Green Pepper, Rapeseed Oil, Beef 24%, Tomato Purée, Red Kidney Beans 17%, Tomato, Spices, Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Malt Vinegar (Barley), Sugar (processing marker), Garlic Powder, Oregano, Made using British and Irish beef

As written on the pack

Dried Onion, Tomato Juice, Red Pepper, Green Pepper, Rapeseed Oil, Beef (24%), Tomato Purée, Red Kidney Beans (17%), Tomato, Rehydrated Spices, Modified Maize Starch, Salt, Malt Vinegar (Barley), Sugar, Garlic Powder, Oregano. Made using British and Irish beef.

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.

Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

4 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.

Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 chili con carne

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 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 5059512734007, last edited 25 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.