Is The Happy Snack Company Crunchy Fava Beans Sea Salt & Balsamic Vinegar ultra-processed?

25g Broad beans 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:

Maltodextrin

17 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed broad beans

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

Fava (Broad), Beans 78%, Non GMO Canola Oil (Rapeseed Oil), Sodium Diacetate, Citric, Sugar (processing marker), Onion Powder, White Vinegar (Com Maltodextrin, White Vinegar), Sea Salt (processing marker) 0.8%, Potato Starch (processing marker), Balsamic Vinegar 0.1% (Balsamic Vinegar, Tapioca Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E262 Sodium acetates , E262ii Sodium diacetate

As written on the pack

Fava (Broad) Beans (78%), Non GMO Canola Oil (Rapeseed Oil), Acids (Sodium Diacetate, Citric), Sugar, Onion Powder, White Vinegar Powder (Com Maltodextrin, White Vinegar), Sea Salt (0.8%), Potato Starch, Balsamic Vinegar Powder (0.1%) (Balsamic Vinegar, Tapioca Maltodextrin).

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down 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.

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 8 broad beans

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 38% of the broad beans 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 broad beans, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9318471000841, last edited 24 August 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.