Chili con Carne with Beans

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 10 ingredients to avoid

Nature Valley Chili con Carne with Beans scores 5/100 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. Per serving it carries 7g fiber, 17g protein and 2g sugar. 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.

Nature Valley Chili con Carne with Beans lists 29 ingredients, starting with Water, Beef, Beans, Textured Vegetable Protein and Soy Flour. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

262 kcal per serving, or 101 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Nature Valley Chili con Carne with Beans on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Nature Valley Chili con Carne with Beans scores worse than most prepared meals we have scored. A higher-scoring option in prepared meals is Amy's Organic Medium Chili at 100/100.