Canned vegetable soups, from least to most processed

We track 18 canned vegetable soups, 56% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Lentil & Vegetable Soup.

What makes canned vegetable soups ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of canned vegetable soups that contain each:

Processed food (8)

  1. 1 Lentil & Vegetable Soup Sprague Cannery · 398 mL NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Lentil & Veg Organic Soup Sprague · 8 x NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Soup, Root Vegetable & Turmeric Baxters · 400g NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Carrot Coriander Soup Marks & Spencer · 400 g e NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Southwestern Vegetable Soup Amy's Kitchen NOVA group 3
  6. 6 Soup bio style maison Allen Family Foods · 400 mL NOVA group 3
  7. 7 Tuscan Bean Soup Suma · 400g NOVA group 3
  8. 8 Protein Power Soup Garden Pea & Spinach BOL · 600 g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (10)

  1. 9 Soup, Vegetarian vegetable Campbell's · 298g NOVA group 4
  2. 10 Veggie Goodness Spicy Parsnip Baxters NOVA group 4
  3. 11 SOUPE AUX LÉGUMES du jardin Habitant · 796 ml NOVA group 4
  4. 12 Vegetable Progresso · 19 oz (1 lb 3 oz) 538g NOVA group 4
  5. 13 Chickpea & Noodle Progresso · 18.5 oz NOVA group 4
  6. 14 Southwest-Style Black Bean Progresso · 524 g NOVA group 4
  7. 15 hearty vegetable soup Asda · 400g NOVA group 4
  8. 16 Soldatens Ärtsoppa Knorr · 350g NOVA group 4
  9. 17 Broccoli and Stilton Soup Tesco NOVA group 4
  10. 18 Scotch Broth Morrisons · 400 g NOVA group 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.