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Is The Gym Kitchen Barbeque Lentils ultra-processed?

250g Lentils Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of The Gym Kitchen Barbeque Lentils

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • 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

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Green Lentils 38% (Water, Green Lentils), Cooked Vegetable Proteins Chickpeas 13% (Water, Chickpeas), BBQ Sauce 6% (Fructose, Sugar, Applewood 1.38%, Water, Pea Protein, Faba Protein Concentrate, salt), Water, Tomato Puree, Molasses, Water, Glucose Syrup, Onion, Sea Salt, Acidity Regulators (Acetic Acid, Malic Acid), Smoked Paprika, Cornflour, Pimento, Onions, Tomato Puree, Chopped Tomatoes, Red Pepper, Yellow Pepper, Smoked Paprika, Garlic Puree, Yeast Extract Powder, Onion, Salt, Stabiliser (Guar Gum)

Additives: E260 Acetic acid , E296 Malic acid , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Cooked Green Lentils (38%) [Water, Green Lentils], Cooked Vegetable Proteins Chickpeas (13%) [Water, Chickpeas], BBQ Sauce (6%) [Fructose, Sugar, Applewood (23%) [Water, Pea Protein Concentrate, Faba Protein Concentrate, salt], Cooked Smoked Water, Tomato Puree, Molasses, Water, Glucose Syrup, Onion Powder, Smoked Sea Salt, Acidity Regulators (Acetic Acid, Malic Acid), Smoked Paprika, Cornflour, Ground Pimento], Onions, Tomato Puree, Chopped Tomatoes, Red Pepper, Yellow Pepper, Smoked Paprika, Garlic Puree, Yeast Extract Powder, Onion Powder, Salt, Stabiliser (Guar Gum).

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
3 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 70 lentils

From least to most processed, this one ranks 68th. 34% of the 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 70 lentils, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060084349360, last edited 4 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.