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Is Baxters Food Group minestrone with wholewheat pasta ultra-processed?

400g Reheatable soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Baxters Food Group minestrone with wholewheat pasta

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Vegetables 48% (Tomatoes, Carrots, Onions, Green Peppers, Water), Potatoes, Haricot Beans, Cornflour, Sea Salt, Garlic Puree, Basil, Yeast Red Peppers, Water, Wholewheat Pasta 4.5%, Durum Wheat Semolina, Extract, Honey, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Black Pepper, Oregano, including cereals containing gluten, Per can, Aim for at least 5 different portions of fruit and veg a day

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Vegetables (48%) (Tomatoes, Carrots, Onions, Green Peppers, Water), Potatoes, Haricot Beans, Cornflour, Sea Salt, Garlic Puree, Basil, Yeast Red Peppers), Water, Wholewheat Pasta (4.5%) (Durum Wheat Semolina, Extract, Honey, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Black Pepper, Oregano. For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. Per can. Aim for at least 5 different portions of fruit or veg a day.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 85 reheatable soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 44th. 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 5012427650305, 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.
  • 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.