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Yes — Baked Beans is ultra-processed.
The product is classified as ultra-processed (UPF). While it contains some basic ingredients (beans, water, tomato purée, sugar, salt, spices), it also includes several industrially processed ingredients and additives: modified maize starch, maltodextrin, paprika extract, colour (paprika extract), and flavouring. Modified maize starch and maltodextrin are refined starch derivatives used as thickeners and texture agents; paprika extract used as a colorant/flavouring and generic flavouring are industrial additives. According to NOVA criteria and the given rules, the presence of these ingredients makes the product UPF.
Other cupboard staples Nomi has checked — these ones aren't ultra-processed.
Cream Of Tomato Soup
Tesco
Not UPF
Butternut And Ginger Soup
Yorkshire Provender
Not UPF
Caribbean Sweet Potsto soup
Tide Ford Organics
Not UPF
Vegetable soup
New Covent Garden
Not UPF
Covent garden soup
Covent Garden Soup Co
Not UPF
Mushroom Soup
New Covent Garden Soup Co
Not UPF
Tomato & Basil
New Covent Garden Soup Co.
Not UPF
Chicken and Lentil with Butternut Squash
Yorkshire Provender
Not UPF
Tesco Three Bean Chilli Soup
Tesco
Not UPF
Lentil Dhal Soup
Sainsbury's
Not UPF
Yes — Baked Beans by Tesco is ultra-processed, so it counts as a UPF (ultra-processed food). The product is classified as ultra-processed (UPF). While it contains some basic ingredients (beans, water, tomato purée, sugar, salt, spices), it also includes several industrially processed ingredients and additives: modified maize starch, maltodextrin, paprika extract, colour (paprika extract), and flavouring. Modified maize starch and maltodextrin are refined starch derivatives used as thickeners and texture agents; paprika extract used as a colorant/flavouring and generic flavouring are industrial additives. According to NOVA criteria and the given rules, the presence of these ingredients makes the product UPF.
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.