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Is Baxters Scotch Broth ultra-processed?

400g Canned soups Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Baxters Scotch Broth

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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, pearl barley 11%, carrots, marrowfat peas, potatoes 49%, onions, swede, leeks, beef 1.5%, mutton 1.5%, cornflour, stora cabbage, mutton fat, salt, modified cornflour, yeast extract, parsley, beef sulae "per an an extract, white pepper, ar vegad allergy advice, including cereals containing gluten

As written on the pack

water, cooked pearl barley (11%), carrots, marrowfat peas, potatoes (49%), onions, swede, leeks, beef (1,5%), mutton (1,5%), cornflour, stora cabbage, mutton fat, salt, modified cornflour, yeast extract, parsley, beef sulae "per an an extract, white pepper, ar vegad allergy advice: for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold,

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Modified flour An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 189 canned soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 85th. 68% of the canned 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 189 canned soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5012427143302, last edited 27 February 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.