Spicy Black Bean Burgers

How it scored 85 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 30 listed

• 1 Water
  Water intended for human consumption; the most common ingredient in processed foods and beverages. Bottled water is regulated as a food unde…
  Safe
• 2 Black Bean
  Whole legume; seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris (black turtle bean).
  Safe
• 3 Brown Rice
  Whole grain rice with the bran and germ intact (only the inedible hull removed).
  Low
• 4 Onion
  The edible bulb of Allium cepa L., a widely cultivated vegetable in the Allium family that also includes garlic, shallots, and leeks.
  Safe
• 5 Vegetable Oil
  Generic term covering edible oils extracted from plant sources (soybean, canola, corn, sunflower, palm, etc.).
  Low
• 6 Corn Kernel
  Whole grain seed of corn (Zea mays), eaten fresh, frozen, canned, or dried.
  Safe
• 7 Soy Protein
  Protein extracted from soybeans, sold as concentrate, isolate, or textured protein.
  Low
• 8 Wheat Gluten
  Protein component of wheat (gliadin and glutenin), separated from starch.
  Low
• 9 Egg White
  The clear protein-rich liquid (albumen) inside chicken eggs.
  Low
• 10 Tomato
  Fruit of the Solanum lycopersicum plant.
  Safe
• 11 Bulgur
  Cracked, parboiled, and dried whole wheat berries.
  Low
• 12 Green Chili Pepper
  Unripe Capsicum fruits (e.g., jalapeño, serrano, poblano), used as a vegetable/spice.
  Safe
• 13 Calcium Caseinate
  A milk-derived protein produced by neutralizing acid casein with calcium hydroxide; supplies casein protein with calcium.
  Low
• 14 Corn Starch
  Starch isolated from the endosperm of corn kernels. Composed of amylose and amylopectin (glucose polymers).
  Low
• 15 Tomato Juice
  Liquid extracted from ripe tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), often with added salt and sometimes seasonings.
  Safe
• 16 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 17 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 18 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 19 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 20 Soy Sauce
  Fermented condiment made from soybeans, wheat, salt, and koji culture (Aspergillus).
  Low
• 21 Jalapeno Pepper
  Jalapeño is a medium-sized chili pepper (Capsicum annuum).
  Safe
• 22 Acacia Gum
  Dried sap of the Acacia tree (Acacia senegal/seyal); a complex polysaccharide also called gum arabic.
  Low
• 23 Carrot Juice
  Liquid pressed from the taproot of Daucus carota subsp. sativus (carrot).
  Safe
• 24 Citric Acid
  Citric acid (E330), a weak organic acid naturally present in citrus fruit and produced commercially via Aspergillus niger fermentation.
  Low
• 25 Xanthan Gum
  Xanthan gum is a high-molecular-weight polysaccharide produced by aerobic fermentation of glucose or sucrose by the bacterium Xanthomonas ca…
  Low
• 26 Corn
  Edible cereal grain from Zea mays.
  Safe
• 27 Canola
  Canola (Brassica napus) — typically refers to canola oil, a low-erucic-acid rapeseed oil.
  Low
• 28 Sunflower Oil
  Edible vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of Helianthus annuus, typically high in linoleic acid (omega-6) or, in high-oleic varieties, ole…
  Low
• 29 Soya Bean
  Seed of Glycine max; legume rich in protein and oil.
  Low
• 30 Wheat
  Wheat is a cereal grain (genus Triticum).
  Low