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Is Asda Creamy vegetable ultra-processed?

Reheatable soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 32 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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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

Water, Carrots 13%, Swede 9%, Potatoes, Onions, Single Cream, Pearl Barley, Spinach 2%, Parsnips, Cornflour, Green Lentils, Peas, Parsley, Vegetable Bouillon (Salt, Maltodextrin, Potato Starch, Yeast Extract, Sugar, Onion, Parsnip, Rubbed Parsley, Rapeseed Oil, Lovage Root, Lovage Root, Turmeric Powder, White Pepper, Garlic, Mace Powder Nutmeg Powder), Salt, Black Pepper, Coriander

As written on the pack

Water, Carrots (13%), Swede (9%), Potatoes (contains Sulphites) (7%), Onions, Single Cream (Milk) (3%), Pearl Barley, Spinach (2%), Parsnips (contains Sulphites) (2%), Cornflour (contains Sulphites), Green Lentils, Peas, Parsley, Vegetable Bouillon [Salt, Maltodextrin (contains Sulphites), Potato Starch (contains Sulphites), Yeast Extract, Sugar (contains Sulphites), Onion Powder, Parsnip Powder, Rubbed Parsley, Rapeseed Oil, Lovage Root Extract, Lovage Root Powder, Turmeric Powder, White Pepper, Garlic Powder, Mace Powder Nutmeg Powder], Salt, Black Pepper, Coriander Powder.

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 85 reheatable soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 57th. 42% of the reheatable 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 85 reheatable soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063089310052, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.