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Is Batchelors Cup a Soup Cream of Mushroom with Croutons 4 Pack ultra-processed?

4 Dehydrated soups Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Batchelors Cup a Soup Cream of Mushroom with Croutons 4 Pack

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:

  • 39 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

ingredients as served (greatest first, water), glucose syrup, shiitake mushroom 2.5%, maize starch, potato starch, croutons (i 5%, wheat flour (with added calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin), palm oil, salt, yeast, rosemary extracts), vegetable oils (palm vegetable oils, sunflower vegetable oils), mushroom extract, onion, salt, sugar, potassium chloride, whole milk, flavourings (contain barley, wheat), parsley, milk protein, garlic, yeast extract, barley malt extract, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, sea salt, black pepper extract, including cereals containing gluten

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

As written on the pack

ingredients as served (greatest first): water, glucose syrup, shiitake mushroom (2,5%), maize starch, potato starch, croutons (i,5%) (wheat flour (with added calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin), palm oil, salt, yeast, antioxidant (rosemary extracts)), vegetable oils (palm, sunflower), mushroom extract, onion, salt, sugar, potassium chloride, whole milk, flavourings (contain barley, wheat), parsley, milk protein, garlic, yeast extract (contains barley), barley malt extract, emulsifier (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), sea salt, 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.
5 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 55 dehydrated soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 28th. 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 5000175409030, last edited 2 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.