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Is Aldi Tomato and lentil ultra-processed?

600g Lentil soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Tomato and lentil

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 29 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed fruits and vegetables based foods

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

tomatoes 27%, Water, crushed tomatoes 14%, Onions, Carrot, Potato, red lentils 4.5%, Red Pepper, Spinach, lentils 1.5%, Tomato Purée, Sugar, Salt, Coriander, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Coriander, Garlic Purée, Cumin, Red Chillies, Onion, Carrot Juice from Concentrate, Corn Starch, Turmeric, Fenugreek Leaf, Ground Nutmeg, Leek, Garlic Powder, Nutmeg Oil

As written on the pack

DICED TOMATOES (27%), Water, CRUSHED TOMATOES (14%), Onions, Carrot, Potato, RED SPLIT LENTILS (4.5%), Diced Red Pepper, Spinach, LENTILS (1.5%) Tomato Purée, Sugar, Salt, Coriander, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Ground Coriander, Garlic Purée, Ground Cumin, Red Chillies, Concentrated Onion Juice, Carrot Juice from Concentrate, Corn Starch, Ground Turmeric, Fenugreek Leaf, Ground Nutmeg, Leek Powder, Garlic Powder, Nutmeg Oil.

What makes it processed

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.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 lentil soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 30% of the lentil 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 23 lentil soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600319261, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.