Chili with meat

Name: Chili with meat
Brand: Hormel

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Ingredients · 16

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Common questions

Is Hormel Chili with meat healthy?

Hormel Chili with meat scores 31/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Hormel Chili with meat?

Hormel Chili with meat lists 16 ingredients, starting with Water, Prepared Pinto Beans, Beef, Modified Corn Starch and Tomato Paste. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Hormel Chili with meat contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Hormel Chili with meat’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Hormel Chili with meat?

Hormel Chili with meat is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Hormel Chili with meat compare to other canned goods?

At 31/100 Hormel Chili with meat scores worse than most canned goods we have scored. A higher-scoring option in canned goods is Trader Joe's Organic Garbanzo Beans Made with Sea Salt at 98/100.

Is Hormel Chili with meat organic?

Hormel Chili with meat is not certified organic in our data.

Full methodology: how we score products.