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Yes — Baked Beans is ultra-processed.
The product is classified as ultra-processed because it contains several industrial ingredients/additives: modified maize starch (a processed thickener), fructose-glucose syrup (an industrial refined sugar syrup), and added flavouring. These extracted/industrial additives place it in the UPF category according to NOVA.
Other cupboard staples Nomi has checked — these ones aren't ultra-processed.
Moroccan vegetable tagine soup
Yorkshire provender
Not UPF
Spiced Lentil & Tomato Soup
M&S
Not UPF
Hearty Cream of Vegetable
Yeo Valley
Not UPF
chunky country vegetable soup
M&S
Not UPF
Silky Tomato & Red Pepper with Wensleydale
Yorkshire Provender
Not UPF
Organic baked beans
Not UPF
Chunky Mexican-style Chilli & Bean Soup
Marks & Spencer, M&S
Not UPF
Soup
Sainsbury's
Not UPF
rustic vegetable soup
Yorkshire provender
Not UPF
Spicy Tomato & Lentil Souper Soup
M&S Food
Not UPF
Yes — Baked Beans by Morrisons,Savers is ultra-processed, so it counts as a UPF (ultra-processed food). The product is classified as ultra-processed because it contains several industrial ingredients/additives: modified maize starch (a processed thickener), fructose-glucose syrup (an industrial refined sugar syrup), and added flavouring. These extracted/industrial additives place it in the UPF category according to NOVA.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations made with ingredients and additives you wouldn't find in a home kitchen — such as emulsifiers, artificial flavourings, colourings and modified starches. The classification is based on the NOVA system used by researchers and dietitians worldwide.
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.