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Is Batchelors Chicken & Vegetable with Croutons ultra-processed?

110 g Dehydrated soups Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Batchelors Chicken & Vegetable with Croutons

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Less processed dehydrated 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

INSTANT CHICKEN and VEGETABLE SOUP WITH CROUTONS Ingredients as served (greatest first, Water), Glucose Syrup, Vegetables 3% (Carrot, Onion, Peas), Maize Starch, Potato Starch, Palm Oil, Chicken 1%, Croutons 0.5% (Wheat Flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Palm Oil, Salt, Yeast, Rosemary Extracts), Salt, Flavourings, Parsley, Milk Protein, Potassium Chloride, Garlic, Yeast Extract, Sugar, mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Sea Salt, Turmeric, Black Pepper Extract, including cereals containing gluten

Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

INSTANT CHICKEN & VEGETABLE SOUP WITH CROUTONS Ingredients as served (greatest first): Water, Glucose Syrup, Vegetables (3%) (Carrot, Onion, Peas), Maize Starch, Potato Starch, Palm Oil, Chicken (1%), Croutons (0.5%) (Wheat Flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Palm Oil, Salt, Yeast, Antioxidant (Rosemary Extracts)), Salt, Flavourings, Parsley, Milk Protein, Potassium Chloride, Garlic, Yeast Extract (contains Barley), Sugar, Emulsifier (Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Sea Salt, Turmeric, Black Pepper Extract. Allergy Advice: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. May also contain celery and soya.

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.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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 55 dehydrated soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 27th. 84% of the dehydrated 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 55 dehydrated soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000175409054, last edited 4 March 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.