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Is Tesco Green Lentils in Water ultra-processed?

390 g Prepared lentils Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Tesco Green Lentils in Water

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Open Food Facts counts every product in its category, meals, as at least group 3.

  • 3 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed lentils

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Green Lentils, Water, Calcium Chloride

Additives: E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Green Lentils, Water, Firming Agent (Calcium Chloride).

What makes it processed

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 prepared lentils

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 50% of the prepared lentils 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 8 prepared lentils, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5051790270581, last edited 24 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.