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Is Amy's Kitchen Southwestern Vegetable Soup ultra-processed?

Canned vegetable soups Sold in the United States

Pack of Amy's Kitchen Southwestern 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 B

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

filtered water, tomatoes, potatoes, fire roasted corn, black 24% beans, fire roasted onions, carrots, fire 11% roasted green bell peppers, celery, extra virgin 0% 18% black pepper, tomato purée, onions, olive oil, green chiles, sea salt, spices, balsamic vinegar, wine vinegar, grape musti

As written on the pack

FILTERED WATER, ORGANIC DICED TOMATOES, ORGANIC ROASTED POTATOES, ORGANIC FIRE ROASTED CORN, ORGANIC BLACK 24% BEANS, ORGANIC FIRE ROASTED ONIONS, ORGANIC CARROTS, ORGANIC FIRE 11% ROASTED GREEN BELL PEPPERS, ORGANIC CELERY, ORGANIC EXTRA VIRGIN 0% 18% BLACK PEPPER, ORGANIC TOMATO PURÉE, ORGANIC ONIONS, ORGANIC OLIVE OIL, ORGANIC GREEN CHILES, SEA SALT, ORGANIC SPICES, ORGANIC BALSAMIC VINEGAR (ORGANIC WINE VINEGAR, ORGANIC GRAPE MUSTI

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 18 canned vegetable soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 56% of the canned 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 18 canned vegetable soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272007301, last edited 29 February 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.