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Is asda sweet potato butternut squash coconut and chilli soup ultra-processed?

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:

  • 46 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed soups

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

sweet potato 30%, water, butternut squash 12%, carrots, onions, coconut milk 6% (coconut, water), vegetable bouillon (sugar, salt, onions, cornflour, carrots, rapeseed oil, water, leek, garlic, nutmeg oil), lime juice, cornflour, ginger, garlic purée, red chillies, salt, coriander leaf, lemongrass, cumin, white pepper, flavours, hydrogenated fat, heating instructions for best results heat from chilled, microwave 700w 7 mins, 900w 6 mins break tab on rim of pot and loosen lid, place onto a microwavable plate and heat on full power, leave to stand for 1 minute, caution (pot becomes hot on heating, on the hob shake well and empty contents into a saucepan, heat thoroughly), stirring continuously, do not boil, medium, 6 mins check product is piping hot before serving, do not reheat, we have given you these heating instructions as a guid

As written on the pack

sweet potato (30%), water, butternut squash (12%), carrots, onions, coconut milk (6%) [coconut, water], vegetable bouillon [sugar, salt, onions, cornflour, carrots, rapeseed oil, water, leek, garlic, nutmeg oil], lime juice, cornflour, ginger purée, garlic purée, red chillies, salt, coriander leaf, lemongrass, cumin powder, white pepper. no artificial colours, flavours or hydrogenated fat. heating instructions for best results heat from chilled. microwave 700w 7 mins/900w 6 mins break tab on rim of pot and loosen lid. place onto a microwavable plate and heat on full power. leave to stand for 1 minute. caution: pot becomes hot on heating. on the hob shake well and empty contents into a saucepan. heat thoroughly, stirring continuously. do not boil. medium/6 mins check product is piping hot before serving. do not reheat. we have given you these heating instructions as a guid

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Hydrogenated fat An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
3 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 407th. 63% of the 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 722 soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057172908578, 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.