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Is Amy's kitchen Lentil vegetable soup ultra-processed?

Vegetable soups Sold in Australia

Pack of Amy's kitchen Lentil vegetable soup

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:

  • 19 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

noORGANIC VEGETABLES (onions, carrots, celery, potatoes, spinach, green beans, tomatoes, garlic), water, green lentils 8%, olive oil, sea salt, balsamic vinegar (wine vinegar, grape must), black pepper, spices, bay leaves

As written on the pack

noORGANIC VEGETABLES (ORGANIC ONIONS, ORGANIC CARROTS, ORGANIC CELERY, ORGANIC POTATOES, ORGANIC SPINACH, ORGANIC GREEN BEANS, ORGANIC DICED TOMATOES, ORGANIC GARLIC) (49%), WATER, ORGANIC GREEN LENTILS (8%), ORGANIC OLIVE OIL, SEA SALT, ORGANIC BALSAMIC VINEGAR (ORGANIC WINE VINEGAR, ORGANIC GRAPE MUST), ORGANIC BLACK PEPPER, ORGANIC SPICES, BAY LEAVES

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.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 226 vegetable soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 53rd. 52% of the vegetable 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 226 vegetable soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272006441, last edited 3 July 2024), 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.