Is Wicked Kitchen tuscan style white bean stew ultra-processed?

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Pack of Wicked Kitchen tuscan style white bean stew

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Vegetables 21%, Carrot, Onion, Red Pepper, Curly Kalel, Tomato, Water, Cannellini Beans (%), Haricot Beans 10%, Garlic Purée, Cornflour, Tomato Purée, Olive Oil (processing marker), Mushroom Extract, Soft Brown Sugar, Salt (processing marker), Smoked Paprika, Yeast Extract, Leek, Black Pepper, Fennel Seed, Chilli, Dried Basil, Dried Oregano, Dried Rosemary, White Pepper

As written on the pack

Vegetables (21%) (Carrot, Onion, Red Pepper, Curly Kalel, Tomato, Water, Cannellini Beans (%) Haricot Beans (10%), Garlic Purée, Cornflour. Tomato Purée, Olive Oil, Mushroom Extract, Soft Brown Sugar, Salt, Smoked Paprika, Yeast Extract, Leek Juice Concentrate, Black Pepper, Fennel Seed, Chilli Flakes, Dried Basil, Dried Oregano, Dried Rosemary, Ground White Pepper.

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

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059512728228, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.