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Is BOL Sweet Potato Lentil Daal ultra-processed?

600g Reheatable soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of BOL Sweet Potato Lentil Daal

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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Red Lentils 11%, Sweet Potato 8%, Chickpeas 6%, Vegetable Stock (Water, Carrots, White Onions, Salt, Leeks, Red Onions, Garlic, Kaffir Lime Leaf, Spring Onions, Fennel, Coriander, Bay Leaf Infusion (Water, Bay Leaf), Black Pepper, White Pepper), Coconut Cream, Ginger, Spinach 2%, Tomato Paste, Mango Puree, Roast Onion Puree (Onions, Rapeseed Oil), Roast Garlic Puree, Garlic, Coriander, White Onion, Cumin, Salt, Fenugreek, Cinnamon, Turmeric, Cardamom, Curry, White Pepper

As written on the pack

Water, Red Lentils (11%), Sweet Potato (8%), Chickpeas (6%), Vegetable Stock (Water, Carrots, White Onions, Salt, Leeks, Red Onions, Garlic, Kaffir Lime Leaf, Spring Onions, Fennel, Coriander, Bay Leaf Infusion (Water, Bay Leaf), Black Pepper, White Pepper), Coconut Cream, Ginger, Spinach (2%), Tomato Paste, Mango Puree, Roast Onion Puree (Onions, Rapeseed Oil), Roast Garlic Puree, Garlic, Coriander, White Onion, Cumin, Salt, Fenugreek, Cinnamon, Turmeric, Cardamom, Curry Leaves, White Pepper

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • 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 37th. 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 5060430292609, last edited 8 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.
  • 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.