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Is Whole Earth Saucy Organic Baked Beans ultra-processed?

400 g Canned vegetables Sold in New Zealand and France

Pack of Whole Earth Saucy Organic Baked Beans

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

Less processed canned vegetables

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

haricot beans, water, tomatoes, concentrated apple juice, brown rice flour, sea salt, onion, cassia, nutmeg, soy sauce, garlic, dill, cloves, sunflower oil, natural capsicum flavouring

As written on the pack

organic haricot beans, water, organic tomatoes, organic concentrated apple juice, organic brown rice flour, sea salt, organic onion powder, organic cassia, organic nutmeg, organic soy sauce, organic garlic powder, organic dill, organic cloves, organic sunflower oil, natural capsicum flavouring.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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 423 canned vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 243rd. 26% of the canned vegetables 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 423 canned vegetables, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5011835061116, last edited 14 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.