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Is Amy's Lentil Vegetable Soup ultra-processed?

14.5 oz Lentil soups Sold in the United States

Pack of Amy's 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:

  • 15 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

onions, lentils, carrots, celery, potatoes, spinach, tomatoes, green beans, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, sea salt, balsamic vinegar, black pepper, spices, bay leaves

As written on the pack

(vegan): filtered water, organic onions, organic lentils, organic carrots, organic celery, organic potatoes, organic spinach, organic diced tomatoes, organic green beans, organic extra virgin olive oil, organic garlic, sea salt, organic balsamic vinegar, 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 23 lentil soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 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 0042272005826, last edited 15 September 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.