Mixed Beans

Name: Mixed Beans
Brand: Lay's

95Clean

Ingredients · 6

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Common questions

Is Lay's Mixed Beans healthy?

Lay's Mixed Beans scores 95/100 on Tallow — our clean 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 Lay's Mixed Beans?

Lay's Mixed Beans lists 6 ingredients, starting with Prepared Pinto Beans, Prepared Great Northern Beans, Water, Salt and Pork Fat. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Lay's Mixed Beans contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Lay's Mixed Beans’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 Lay's Mixed Beans?

Lay's Mixed Beans is NOVA group 3: processed, but not ultra-processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Lay's Mixed Beans compare to other canned goods?

At 95/100 Lay's Mixed Beans sits in our top band, among the better canned goods we have scored. A higher-scoring option in canned goods is jovial Organic Chickpeas at 100/100.

Is Lay's Mixed Beans organic?

Lay's Mixed Beans is not certified organic in our data.

Has Lay's Mixed Beans been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Lay's Mixed Beans, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

Full methodology: how we score products.