Would you consider it a more holistic or healthy food? Or do you consider it processed / factory made?
Specifically I am referring to Rosarita Brand Traditional refried beans.
It is my favorite and tastes so damn good….
The store brand doesnt even compare to Rosarita.
Here is a list of the ingredients:
Ingredients Cooked Beans, Water, Less than 2% of: Lard (Adds a Trivial Amount of Fat), Salt, Distilled Vinegar, Chile Pepper, Onion Powder, Spices, Garlic Powder, Natural Flavor.
Rosarita is incredibly tasty, my God.
In their case with how few ingredients they have, it’s leaning much more towards healthy than most canned products. I wouldn’t look to have it every day, it is still processed food, but it’s far healthier than other canned food like Vienna sausages or Chef Boyardee
I just ate some for lunch! They are fine in moderation and a good choice for vegetarian protein. As another person said however, be conscious of sodium. You might consider getting low/no sodium and adding by your own salt.
They are healthy because of the high fiber content. They may have other additives from being canned but that is pretty minor when you consider that you are eating a fairly low fat, high fiber, high nutrient food
It’s relative. In our journey for nutrition, we can’t always be perfect. Where do we draw the line though? Do we always have to grow our own beans? Cook it from scratch? Eat only whole beans with low salt? Life gets in the way of that sometimes. If it means a can of refried beans in a homemade burrito with veggies once a week, I don’t think that’s unhealthy.
People and animals are healthy, i.e. being in good health. Foods are healthful, i.e. they are conducive to being in good health. 😄
That said, canned beans aren’t terrible for you. They have high sodium and maybe some chemicals from the can lining, but they are good for you in moderation.
Food quality comes first. If its canned with a bunch of additives, etc then no.
But assuming it’s just the refried beans, go nuts.
However, you could always make your own in bulk and save money and improve the quality. Extra extra can be frozen, thaws perfectly fine.