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Kala Beautiful Beans Simply Peppered Bean Crisps 5 oz.

Kala Beautiful Beans Simply Peppered Bean Crisps 5 oz.: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Kala Beautiful Beans Simply Peppered Bean Crisps 5 oz. by Kala has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Kala Beautiful Beans Simply Peppered Bean Crisps 5 oz., 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Kala Beautiful Beans Simply Peppered Bean Crisps 5 oz. sits nationally

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

4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

4.5
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
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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

Fava Beans, Sunflower Oil, Contains Less Than 2% of: Salt (Including Sea Salt and Himalayan Pink Salt), Spices, Onion and Garlic Powder, Sugar, Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, White Distilled Vinegar, Spice Extractive, Maltodextrin.

Product Details

Brand
Kala
Barcode
0039400185192
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Kala Beautiful Beans Simply Peppered Bean Crisps 5 oz.'s safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4.5/5, Kala Beautiful Beans Simply Peppered Bean Crisps 5 oz. sits ahead of 71% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4.5/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Kala Beautiful Beans Simply Peppered Bean Crisps 5 oz.'s mapped ingredients average out to 4.5/5, 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.