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Is Trader Joe's Organic Vegetarian Chili with red beans & onion ultra-processed?

416 g Canned soups Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Organic Vegetarian Chili with red beans & onion

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

water, red beans, onions, tomato paste, textured pea protein, canola oil, bell peppers (green pepper, red pepper), spices, salt, cornstarch, garlic, garlic, jalapeno peppers

As written on the pack

WATER, RED BEANS, ONIONS, TOMATO PASTE, TEXTURED PEA PROTEIN, CANOLA OIL, BELL PEPPERS (GREEN PEPPER, RED PEPPER), SPICES, SALT, CORNSTARCH, GARLIC POWDER, GARLIC, JALAPENO PEPPERS

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 190 canned soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 68% of the canned soups 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 190 canned soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00712996, last edited 8 June 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.