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Is Tesco Plant Chef 4 Spicy Bean Burgers ultra-processed?

454g Vegan patties Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Plant Chef 4 Spicy Bean Burgers

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed vegan products

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

Vegetables 33% (Onion, Green Pepper, Carrot, Sweetcorn), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Red Kidney Beans 9%, Haricot Beans 9%, Rapeseed Oil, Potato, Tomato Purée, Salt, Cumin, Chilli, Paprika, Yeast, Oregano, Cayenne Pepper, Parsley, Black Pepper, Garlic

As written on the pack

Vegetables (33%) [Onion, Green Pepper, Carrot, Sweetcorn], Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Water, Red Kidney Beans (9%), Haricot Beans (9%), Rapeseed Oil, Dried Potato, Tomato Purée, Salt, Cumin, Chilli Flakes, Paprika, Yeast, Oregano, Cayenne Pepper, Parsley, Black Pepper, Garlic Powder.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 vegan patties

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 83% of the vegan patties 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 23 vegan patties, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057753927844, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.