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Is Tesco Spicy Bean with Cheese Wrap ultra-processed?

198 g Wraps Sold in the United Kingdom and the United States

Pack of Tesco Spicy Bean with Cheese Wrap

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed wraps

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

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Black Turtle Beans 10%, Borlotti Beans 10%, Medium Fat Soft Cheese, Lettuce, Mild Cheddar Cheese (With Colour (Beta Carotene)), Red Pepper, Tomato Paste, Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Onion, Herbs, Sugar, Tomato, Cornflour, Humectant (Glycerol), Spices, Salt, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Tomato, Bell Pepper, Potato Starch, Red Chilli Purée, Wheat Fibre, Spirit Vinegar, Garlic Purée, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic, Onion, Mustard, Black Pepper

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E422 Glycerol

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Water, Black Turtle Beans (10%), Borlotti Beans (10%), Medium Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), Lettuce, Mild Cheddar Cheese (With Colour: Beta Carotene) (Milk), Red Pepper, Tomato Paste, Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Onion, Herbs, Sugar, Tomato Powder, Cornflour, Humectant (Glycerol), Spices, Salt, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Tomato, Bell Pepper Powder, Potato Starch, Red Chilli Purée, Wheat Fibre, Spirit Vinegar, Garlic Purée, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Mustard Flour, Black Pepper.

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
5 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.

  • 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.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 89 wraps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 47th. 92% of the wraps 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 89 wraps, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 03275771, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.