Is The Honest Bean Co. Roasted Fava Beans Sea Salt & Cider Vinegar ultra-processed?

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Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

10 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Fava Beans 81%, Rapeseed Oil, Seasoning 8.3% (Suffolk Cider Vinegar Powder, Rice Flour, Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Citric Acid, Sugar (processing marker), Sea Salt (processing marker))

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Fava Beans 81%, Rapeseed Oil, Seasoning (Suffolk Cider Vinegar Powder, Rice Flour, Natural Flavouring, Salt, Citric Acid, Sugar, Sea Salt) 8.3%. Allergy Advice: For allergens see ingredients in bold. May contain traces of nuts, peanuts, sesame or soya.

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.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

2 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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060208742794, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.