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Is Baxters royal game soup ultra-processed?

Soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable) Sold in the United Kingdom and Spain

Pack of Baxters royal game soup

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable)

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

Water, Game 4% (Venison, Pheasant), Potato, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Tomatoes Carrot, Modified Maize Starch, Onions, Venison Liver, Swede, Yeast Extract, Venison Heart, Sugar, Cornflour, Salt, Barley Malt Extract, Caramelised Sugar, Flavouring, Spices, Beef Extract, Maltodextrin, Thyme, Onion, Coriander, Garlic, Sunflower Oil

As written on the pack

Water, Game (4%) (Venison, Pheasant), Potato, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Tomatoes Carrot, Modified Maize Starch, Onions, Venison Liver, Swede, Yeast Extract, Venison Heart, Sugar, Cornflour, Salt, Barley Malt Extract, Caramelised Sugar, Flavouring, Spices, Beef Extract, Maltodextrin, Thyme, Onion Powder, Coriander, Garlic Powder, Sunflower Oil.

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.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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 9 soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable)

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 56% of the soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable) 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 9 soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable), least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5012427142305, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.