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Is Aldi Chicken & Vegetable chunky soup ultra-processed?

400 g Canned soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Chicken & Vegetable chunky soup

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed canned soups

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

750w 4mins 850w 3 mins 1000w 2 mins 5-6 mins water carrot (1596), chicken (896, chicken, salt, water), potato flakes, potato 6%, peas (59), onion, wheat four modified macze starch, flavourings, salt, parsley, onion, rapeseed oil, thickener, guar gum, colours cartes paprila extract ground rosemary warning (although every effort has been made to remove bones), some small bones may remain allergy advice, caution (care should be taken when opening and disposing of all cans no artificial colours flavourings and preservatives 400ge)

Additives: E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

750w 4mins 850w 3 mins 1000w 2 mins 5-6 mins water carrot (1596), cooked chicken (896) (chicken, salt, water), potato flakes, potato (6%), peas (59), onion, wheat four modified macze starch, flavourings, salt, parsley, onion powder, rapeseed oil, thickener, guar gum, colours cartes paprila extract ground rosemary warning: although every effort has been made to remove bones, some small bones may remain allergy advice: for allergens, see ingredients in bold, may also contain celery, egg, milk, mustard and soya, caution: care should be taken when opening and disposing of all cans no artificial colours flavourings or preservatives 400ge

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
2 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 189 canned soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 129th. 68% of the canned soups here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 189 canned soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600077611, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.