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Is Amy's Organic Minestrone Soup (Light in Sodium) ultra-processed?

14.1 oz. (400g) Canned soups Sold in the United States

Pack of Amy's Organic Minestrone Soup (Light in Sodium)

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Filtered water, tomatoes, onions, carrots, kidney beans, potatoes, celery, green beans, peas, pasta (durum wheat semolina, water), leeks, high oleic oil (safflower oil, sunflower oil), spices, basil, sea salt, garlic, bay leaves, black pepper

As written on the pack

Filtered water, organic diced tomatoes, organic onions, organic carrots, organic kidney beans, organic potatoes, organic celery, organic green beans, organic peas, organic pasta (organic durum wheat semolina flour, water), organic leeks, organic high oleic safflower and/or sunflower oil, organic spices, organic basil, sea salt, organic garlic, bay leaves, organic black pepper.

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 190 canned soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 49th. 68% of the canned 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 190 canned soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272005857, last edited 15 August 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.