Unico Red Kidney Beans 540 mL: version 3
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# Unico Red Kidney Beans 540 mL <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00067800002467
name: Unico Red Kidney Beans 540 mL
name.fr: Unico Haricots rouges 540 mL
default_observation: ca-current
summary: Canned red kidney beans in brine, sold in Canada under Sun-Brite Foods' Unico brand.
brand: brand/unico
category: category/10000272
net_content: 540 ml
country_of_sale: CA
country_of_origin: CA
pack_format: can
status: active
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ------------------- | ----------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| brand_owner_at_sale | company/sun-brite-foods | CA | 1997 | | | verified | ^unico-history | Unico's own history page says Sun-Brite Foods Inc. purchased Unico in 1997; Wikipedia (^wiki) agrees. |
| gs1_prefix_owner | company/unico | | | | | derived | ^unico-paste-pack | Derived: company/unico no longer states this prefix; its attribution came from a pack or brand-owner record, not a registry (prefix audit 2026-09-14). Company prefix 0067800 is stated in the gs1_prefixes of company/unico, which rests on the Concord, Ontario "prepared for" address on the Unico tomato paste can (UPC 067800000302). |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------- | ------ | -------- |
| CA | sourced | ^a2z | A2Z Cash N Carry (Ontario and Nova Scotia stores) lists "Unico - Kidney Beans - Red" with "Barcode: 067800002467" at CAD 1.99 for the 19 oz can (also offered as a case of 24). The page carried a pre-order notice when read. | 2026-09-14 | new | CA | CAD 1.99 |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Unico Red Kidney Beans | search | en | | |
| Unico Haricots rouges | search | fr | | |
| Unico Red Kidney Beans 19 fl oz | search | en | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Ingredients <!--ingredients-->
| ingredient | role | kind | note | percent | basis | market | from | until | source | id | observation | parent_id | position | printed_name | state |
| --------------------------- | ---- | ----- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ---------- | --------- | -------------------- | ----------- | --------- | -------- | ------------------- | ----- |
| ingredient/red-kidney-beans | | label | Bilingual list: "Ingredients Red kidney beans, Water, Salt, Calcium chloride, Disodium EDTA." | | | | | | ^off-2026 | beans | ca-current | | 1 | Red kidney beans | known |
| ingredient/water | | label | French: Eau | | | | | | ^off-2026 | water | ca-current | | 2 | Water | known |
| ingredient/salt | | label | French: Sel | | | | | | ^off-2026 | salt | ca-current | | 3 | Salt | known |
| ingredient/calcium-chloride | | label | French: Chlorure de calcium | | | | | | ^off-2026 | calcium-chloride | ca-current | | 4 | Calcium chloride | known |
| ingredient/disodium-edta | | label | French: EDTA disodique | | | | | | ^off-2026 | disodium-edta | ca-current | | 5 | Disodium EDTA | known |
| ingredient/red-kidney-beans | | label | Earlier order: disodium EDTA before calcium chloride. | | | | | 2023-01-25 | ^off-2023 | old-beans | ca-2023 | | 1 | Haricots rouges | known |
| ingredient/water | | label | | | | | | 2023-01-25 | ^off-2023 | old-water | ca-2023 | | 2 | Eau | known |
| ingredient/salt | | label | | | | | | 2023-01-25 | ^off-2023 | old-salt | ca-2023 | | 3 | Sel | known |
| ingredient/disodium-edta | | label | | | | | | 2023-01-25 | ^off-2023 | old-disodium-edta | ca-2023 | | 4 | EDTA disodique | known |
| ingredient/calcium-chloride | | label | | | | | | 2023-01-25 | ^off-2023 | old-calcium-chloride | ca-2023 | | 5 | Chlorure de calcium | known |
<!--/ingredients-->
## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ |
| ca-current | Bilingual Canadian label, current Nutrition Facts layout (photographed 2024-2026) | label | CA | | | | 2026-04-14 | supported | Ingredients Red kidney beans, Water, Salt, Calcium chloride, Disodium EDTA. / Ingrédients Haricots rouges, Eau, Sel, Chlorure de calcium, EDTA disodique. | listed | | ^off-2026 | Front and nutrition photos uploaded to Open Food Facts on 2024-07-21 (imgid 11, 12) and 2025-11-25 (imgid 13, 14) show the same panel. The ingredients crop (imgid 15, 2026-04-14) uses the same white-box, sentence-case style but was not photographed with a panel, so its tie to this layout rests on style. Market from the bilingual Nutrition Facts table and the Product of Canada roundel. | 540 ml | | | can | |
| ca-2023 | Bilingual Canadian label, earlier Nutrition Facts layout (photographed 2023-01-25) | label | CA | | | 2023-01-25 | 2023-01-25 | supported | INGRÉDIENTS: HARICOTS ROUGES, EAU, SEL, EDTA DISODIQUE, CHLORURE DE CALCIUM. | listed | | ^off-2023 | French-facing front (imgid 10), English front (imgid 7), French ingredients (imgid 8) and nutrition (imgid 9) uploaded 2023-01-25. valid_until is only the photo date, not a known change date; the English side of the ingredient list was not photographed that day. | 540 ml | | | can | |
| ca-2020-ingredients | English ingredient list in upper case (photographed 2020-08-21) | label | CA | en | | 2020-08-21 | 2020-08-21 | unconfirmed | INGREDIENTS: RED KIDNEY BEANS, WATER, SALT, DISODIUM EDTA, CALCIUM CHLORIDE. | listed | | ^off-2020 | Single ingredients crop (imgid 3). Its order and upper-case style match the 2023 French list, but no panel or front was photographed with it, so it is not assigned to a label generation. | | | | | |
| unico-site | Nutrition panel on Unico's product page (540 mL and 796 mL) | label | CA | | | | 2026-09-14 | unconfirmed | | | | ^unico-product | Unico's page shows the older panel layout but with sodium 420 mg (17 %) and fibre 26 %, against 260 mg (11 %) and 25 % on the 2023 can photo. The page covers two can sizes and carries no date, so it may show another label run. | | | | can | |
<!--/observations-->
## Nutrition panels <!--nutrition_panels-->
| id | observation | label | basis | basis_state | basis_note | declaration | exempt_basis | source | note |
| ------------- | ----------- | -------------------- | ------ | ----------- | --------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------ | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| current-125ml | ca-current | Per 1/2 cup (125 mL) | 125 ml | as_sold | Per 1/2 cup (125 mL) / par 1/2 tasse (125 mL) | transcribed | | ^off-2026 | Transcribed from the 1275x1698 nutrition photo (imgid 14); the 2024 photo (imgid 12) shows identical values. |
| ca-2023-125ml | ca-2023 | Per 1/2 cup (125 mL) | 125 ml | as_sold | Per 1/2 cup (125 mL) / par 1/2 tasse (125 mL) | transcribed | | ^off-2023 | Transcribed from the 1338x2394 photo (imgid 9). Vitamin A 0 %, vitamin C 0 %, calcium 4 % and iron 10 % are printed only as % Daily Value and are not converted into amounts. |
| site-125ml | unico-site | 1/2 cup (125ml) | 125 ml | as_sold | 1/2 cup (125ml) | transcribed | | ^unico-product | Read from the maker's web page, not from a can. Vitamin A 0 %, vitamin C 0 %, calcium 4 %, iron 10 % printed as % Daily Value only. |
<!--/nutrition_panels-->
## Nutrition values <!--nutrition_values-->
| panel | nutrient | value | qualifier | value_max | dv_percent | printed_value | state | method | source | note |
| ------------- | --------------- | ----- | --------- | --------- | ---------- | ----------------------- | -------- | ------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| current-125ml | energy_kcal | 150 | exact | | | Calories 150 | known | printed | ^off-2026 | |
| current-125ml | fat_g | 1 | exact | | | 1 g | known | printed | ^off-2026 | |
| current-125ml | saturated_fat_g | 0 | exact | | | 0 g | known | printed | ^off-2026 | |
| current-125ml | trans_fat_g | 0 | exact | | | 0 g | known | printed | ^off-2026 | |
| current-125ml | carbohydrate_g | 30 | exact | | | 30 g | known | printed | ^off-2026 | |
| current-125ml | fibre_g | 9 | exact | | | 9 g | known | printed | ^off-2026 | 32 % DV |
| current-125ml | sugars_g | 1 | exact | | | 1 g | known | printed | ^off-2026 | |
| current-125ml | protein_g | 10 | exact | | | 10 g | known | printed | ^off-2026 | |
| current-125ml | cholesterol_mg | 0 | exact | | | 0 mg | known | printed | ^off-2026 | |
| current-125ml | sodium_mg | 280 | exact | | | 280 mg | known | printed | ^off-2026 | 12 % DV |
| current-125ml | potassium_mg | 300 | exact | | | 300 mg | known | printed | ^off-2026 | |
| current-125ml | calcium_mg | 75 | exact | | | 75 mg | known | printed | ^off-2026 | |
| current-125ml | iron_mg | 2 | exact | | | 2 mg | known | printed | ^off-2026 | |
| ca-2023-125ml | energy_kcal | 130 | exact | | | Calories / Calories 130 | known | printed | ^off-2023 | |
| ca-2023-125ml | fat_g | 1 | exact | | | 1 g | known | printed | ^off-2023 | |
| ca-2023-125ml | saturated_fat_g | 0.1 | exact | | | 0.1 g | known | printed | ^off-2023 | |
| ca-2023-125ml | trans_fat_g | 0 | exact | | | 0 g | known | printed | ^off-2023 | |
| ca-2023-125ml | cholesterol_mg | 0 | exact | | | 0 mg | known | printed | ^off-2023 | |
| ca-2023-125ml | sodium_mg | 260 | exact | | | 260 mg | known | printed | ^off-2023 | 11 % DV |
| ca-2023-125ml | carbohydrate_g | 23 | exact | | | 23 g | known | printed | ^off-2023 | |
| ca-2023-125ml | fibre_g | 6 | exact | | | 6 g | known | printed | ^off-2023 | 25 % DV |
| ca-2023-125ml | sugars_g | 0 | exact | | | 0 g | known | printed | ^off-2023 | |
| ca-2023-125ml | protein_g | 9 | exact | | | 9 g | known | printed | ^off-2023 | |
| site-125ml | energy_kcal | 130 | exact | | | Calories / Calories 130 | known | printed | ^unico-product | |
| site-125ml | fat_g | 1 | exact | | | 1 g | known | printed | ^unico-product | |
| site-125ml | saturated_fat_g | 0.1 | exact | | | 0.1 g | known | printed | ^unico-product | |
| site-125ml | trans_fat_g | 0 | exact | | | 0 g | known | printed | ^unico-product | |
| site-125ml | cholesterol_mg | 0 | exact | | | 0 mg | known | printed | ^unico-product | |
| site-125ml | sodium_mg | 420 | exact | | | 420 mg | disputed | printed | ^unico-product | 17 % DV; the 2023 can photo prints 260 mg. |
| site-125ml | carbohydrate_g | 23 | exact | | | 23 g | known | printed | ^unico-product | |
| site-125ml | fibre_g | 6 | exact | | | 6 g | known | printed | ^unico-product | 26 % DV |
| site-125ml | sugars_g | 0 | exact | | | 0 g | known | printed | ^unico-product | |
| site-125ml | protein_g | 9 | exact | | | 9 g | known | printed | ^unico-product | |
<!--/nutrition_values-->
## Label claims <!--claims-->
| observation | claim | kind | source | note |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------- | ------------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ca-current | High in fibre / Teneur élevée en fibres | label | ^off-2026 | Script text on the front; the French wording is on the 2023 French-facing front (^off-2023). |
| ca-current | Product of Canada / Produit du Canada | label | ^off-2026 | Maple-leaf roundel on the front, also on the 2023 photos. |
| ca-current | COR kosher symbol | certification | ^off-2026 | Printed on the pack. This records what the pack declares; the certification was not checked independently. |
<!--/claims-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | ------------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------- |
| | relationships | unknown | No photo shows a legible "prepared for" or manufacturer block for this can, and no source names the plant that packs it, so no manufactured_for or manufactured_by edge is recorded. Sun-Brite's Ruthven facility produces beans (^sunbrite-history), but nothing ties this article to it. | ^off-2026 |
| ca-2023 | nutrition | schema_gap | Vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium and iron are printed only as % Daily Value on the earlier panel; the schema has no field for a % DV without an amount. | ^off-2023 |
| unico-site | nutrition | disputed | Unico's page prints sodium 420 mg per 125 mL while the 2023 can prints 260 mg and the current can 280 mg; which label run the page reflects is unknown. | ^unico-product |
| | markets | not_researched | Metro, Food Basics, Save-On-Foods and PriceSmart Foods list the article with the UPC in the URL, but all refused server fetches (HTTP 403), so their prices were not read. | |
| | images | unknown | Small early uploads on Open Food Facts (imgid 1, 2, 4, 5; 2020-2022, 637 px or less) were not read. | ^off |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-14
note: New entry built from Open Food Facts label photos of 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, Unico's product and history pages, Sun-Brite's history page, Wikipedia and a Canadian retailer listing that prints the barcode.
<!--/research-->
## Images <!--images-->
| asset | kind | source | licence | attribution | url | accessed | note | provider_entity_id | provider_image_id | source_image_url | download_url | retrieved_at | matched_barcode | match_method | match_confidence | original_width | original_height | stored_width | stored_height | upscaled | observation |
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| front-b7dc8c4f.jpg | front | open-food-facts | cc-by-sa-3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0067800002467 | 2026-09-14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ingredients-200e09dc.jpg | ingredients | open-food-facts | cc-by-sa-3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0067800002467 | 2026-09-14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| nutrition-4f4218a4.jpg | nutrition | open-food-facts | cc-by-sa-3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0067800002467 | 2026-09-14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | -------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | ------------- | ------------------------ | ------------ | ---------------------------- | --------------- |
| off | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0067800002467 | Open Food Facts: Red Kidney Beans, Unico, 540 mL | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 0067800002467 | | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| off-2026 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/006/780/000/2467/15.jpg | Photographs of the can: front and nutrition (imgid 11, 12, 2024-07-21; 13, 14, 2025-11-25), ingredients (imgid 15, 2026-04-14) | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | pack | 2026-04-14 | 0067800002467 | Uploads 11.jpg to 15.jpg | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| off-2023 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/006/780/000/2467/9.jpg | Photographs of the can: front (imgid 7, 10), French ingredients (imgid 8), nutrition (imgid 9), uploaded 2023-01-25 | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | pack | 2023-01-25 | 0067800002467 | Uploads 7.jpg to 10.jpg | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| off-2020 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/006/780/000/2467/3.jpg | Photograph of the English ingredient list (imgid 3), uploaded 2020-08-21 | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | pack | 2020-08-21 | 0067800002467 | Upload 3.jpg | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| unico-product | https://www.unico.ca/products.php?id=41&catid=5 | Unico Red Kidney Beans | 2026-09-14 | Unico | manufacturer | | | | | | |
| unico-history | https://www.unico.ca/corporate.php?id=3 | Unico Corporate Overview: Our History | 2026-09-14 | Unico | manufacturer | | | | | | |
| sunbrite-history | https://www.sun-brite.com/history.php | Sun-Brite Foods: History | 2026-09-14 | Sun-Brite Foods Inc. | manufacturer | | | | | | |
| wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-Brite_Foods | Sun-Brite Foods | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
| a2z | https://www.a2zcashandcarry.com/products/unico-kidney-beans-red | Unico - Kidney Beans - Red, A2Z Cash N Carry | 2026-09-14 | A2Z Cash N Carry Ltd | retailer | | 067800002467 | | | | |
| unico-paste-pack | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/006/780/000/0302/4.jpg | Unico Tomato Paste 156 mL can, front photo with "prepared for" address (source of company/unico gs1_prefixes) | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | pack | 2026-04-13 | 0067800000302 | Upload 4.jpg | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| bp2008 | https://web.archive.org/web/20081202100040/http://en.barcodepedia.com/067800002467/unico-red-kidney-beans | Barcodepedia (archived 2008-12-02): UNICO Red Kidney Beans | 2026-09-14 | Barcodepedia | other | 2008-12-02 | 067800002467 | | | | upcdatabase.com |
| wiki-kidney | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_bean | Kidney bean | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Unico Red Kidney Beans is a 540 mL (19 fl oz) can of red kidney beans packed with water, salt, calcium chloride and disodium EDTA, with "High in fibre" and a Product of Canada roundel on the front.[^off-2026] The current bilingual label gives 150 Calories, 9 g fibre and 280 mg sodium per 1/2 cup (125 mL).[^off-2026] Unico, a Toronto brand of Mediterranean-style foods founded in 1917, has belonged to Sun-Brite Foods Inc. since 1997.[^unico-history] Sun-Brite, based in Ruthven, Ontario, processed thirteen kinds of beans as of 2025.[^wiki] Unico sells the beans in 540 mL and 796 mL cans.[^unico-product] An Ontario cash-and-carry lists this barcode at CAD 1.99.[^a2z]
The barcode was already in use in 2008, when the earlier Barcodepedia listed "UNICO Red Kidney Beans" in a 19 fl oz/540 mL container.[^bp2008] A can photographed in 2023 carried an older Nutrition Facts layout with 130 Calories and 260 mg sodium per 125 mL, and listed disodium EDTA before calcium chloride.[^off-2023] Unico's own product page shows that older layout but prints 420 mg sodium.[^unico-product]
<!--/about-->