Is Aldi Sundried Tomato,Lentil & Smoked Paprika Soup ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 43 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score A
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
water, tomato 18%, lentils 9% (brown lentils, water, red lentils), carrot, onion, potato, black eyed beans, red pepper, maize starch (processing marker), tomato sauce (processing marker) 1% (sundried tomato, tomato pulp, Sunflower oil (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), basil paste (basil, sunflower oil (processing marker), salt (processing marker)), garlic, oregano), lime juice, vegetable bouillon (salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), yeast extract, onion, potato starch (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), nutmeg, turmeric, white pepper, acidity regulator (citric acid), lovage), garlic puree, red chilli, smoked paprika, salt (processing marker), coriander
Additives: E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
water, tomato 18%, lentils 9% (brown lentils, water ,red lentils), carrot, onion, potato, black eyed beans, red pepper, maize starch, sundried tomato sauce 1%(sundried tomato, tomato pulp, Sunflower oil, sugar, salt, basil paste (basil, sunflower oil, salt), garlic powder, oregano powder), lime juice, vegetable bouillon (salt, sugar, yeast extract, onion powder, potato starch, sunflower oil, nutmeg, turmeric, white pepper, acidity regulator(citric acid), lovage extract), garlic puree, red chilli, smoked paprika powder, salt, coriander
What makes it processed
Processed ingredients
Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.
- Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
Culinary ingredients
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
Among 722 soups
From least to most processed, this one ranks 262nd. 63% of the soups here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600329031, last edited 26 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 A (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.