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Is Batchelors CUP a SOUP TOMATO ultra-processed?

253g Vegetable soups Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Batchelors CUP a SOUP TOMATO

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed vegetable 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

SOUP TOMATO SOUP Ingredients as served (greatest first, Tomato 53%), Water, Onion, Sugar, Potato Starch, Glucose Syrup, Vegetable Oils (Palm Vegetable Oils, Sunflower Vegetable Oils), Salt, Whole Milk, mono- and Diacetyltartaric Acid Esters of mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Pentasodium Triphosphate, Flavourings, Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Beetroot Red, Beta Carotene, Black Pepper Extract, including cereals containing gluten, FOR

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E162 Beetroot red , E330 Citric acid , E451 Triphosphates , E451i Pentasodium triphosphate , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

SOUP TOMATO SOUP Ingredients as served (greatest first): Tomato (53%), Water, Onion, Sugar, Potato Starch, Glucose Syrup, Vegetable Oils (Palm, Sunflower), Salt, Whole Milk, Emulsifiers (Mono - and Diacetyltartaric Acid Esters of Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Pentasodium Triphosphate), Flavourings, Yeast Extract (contains Barley), Acid (Citric Acid), Colours (Beetroot Red, Beta Carotene), Black Pepper Extract. Allergy Advice: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. May also contain celery, soya and wheat. FOR

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E162 Beetroot red Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • 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.

  • 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.
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 226 vegetable soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 219th. 52% of the vegetable 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 226 vegetable soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354401312, last edited 31 May 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.