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Is Aldi Chicken Laska soup ultra-processed?

Soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Chicken Laska 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:

  • 45 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed 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

Water, Whole Milk, sweet potato 9%, Onion, coconut milk 7%, chicken thigh 6%, Red Pepper, Cornflour, Ginger, Garlic Purée, Lemongrass, Chicken Stock (Chicken Stock (Chicken Bone Stock, Chicken), Yeast Extract, Chicken Fat, Salt), Coriander, Laksa Paste, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Coconut Milk (Coconut, Maltodextrin, Milk Protein), Cornflour, Lime Juice, Ginger, Garlic Purée, Cayenne Chill Powder, Turmeric, Coriander, Makrut Lime Leaf, Basil, Colour (Curcumin Peppermint Powder), Lemongrass, Lime Leaf, Lime Juice, Turmeric, Salt diants in hold

As written on the pack

Water, Whole Milk, SWEET POTATO (9%), Onion, COCONUT MILK (7%), CHICKEN THIGH (6%), Red Pepper, Cornflour, Ginger Purée, Garlic Purée, Lemongrass, Chicken Stock (Chicken Stock (Chicken Bone Stock, Chicken Extract), Yeast Extract, Chicken Fat, Salt), Coriander, Laksa Paste (Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Coconut Milk Powder (Coconut Extract, Maltodextrin, Milk Protein) Cornflour, Lime Juice Powder, Ginger Purée, Garlic Purée, Cayenne Chill Powder, Ground Turmeric, Coriander, Makrut Lime Leaf, Ground Basil, Colour: Curcumin Peppermint Powder, Lemongrass Extract, Lime Leaf, Lime Juice, Turmeric, Salt diants in hold

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.

  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 474th. 63% of the 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 722 soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600344782, last edited 13 July 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.