Del Monte Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Italian green beans & chickpeas

Italian green beans & chickpeas: 4.4/5 ingredient safety

Italian green beans & chickpeas by Del Monte has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.4 out of 5, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.

  • Safety score 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Fruits and vegetables based foods / Canned foods / Vegetables based foods / Canned plant-based foods / Canned vegetables

How This Score Is Built

Italian green beans & chickpeas draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 5 of its 5 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where Italian green beans & chickpeas sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.4 Top 31% higher than 69% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

4.4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.4 out of 5
Based on 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
4
Low Risk / Safe
C
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

Italian green beans, water, tomatoes (fire-roasted and non-roasted), chickpeas, tomato paste, sugar, contains 2% or less of: garlic, red pepper puree, olive oil, onion, salt, dried garlic, modified cornstarch, onion powder, phosphoric acid, spices, natural flavors, calcium chloride, soy lecithin, xanthan gum, citric acid, preservatives (edta and sodium bisulfite).

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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Italian green beans & chickpeas: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Barcode
0024000554332
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Italian green beans & chickpeas above or below average on ingredient safety?

Italian green beans & chickpeas scores 4.4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 69% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.4/5 rating on Italian green beans & chickpeas?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Italian green beans & chickpeas's mapped ingredients average out to 4.4/5, which is the Low Risk tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.