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Is Campbell's Bean with Bacon Soup ultra-processed?

11.25oz Soups Sold in the United States

Pack of Campbell's Bean with Bacon 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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

water, pea beans, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), bacon (with water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), carrots, contains less than 2% of (modified food starch), navy bean, salt, sugar, dehydrated onions, monosodium glutamate, yeast extract, pork, pork fat, soybean oil, wheat starch, natural smoke flavoring, beef extract

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E316 Sodium erythorbate , E621 Monosodium glutamate

As written on the pack

water, pea beans, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), bacon (cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), carrots, contains less than 2% of: modified food starch, navy bean powder, salt, sugar, dehydrated onions, monosodium glutamate, yeast extract, pork, pork fat, soybean oil, wheat starch, natural smoke flavoring, beef extract,

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.

  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • 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.
6 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • 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 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 513th. 63% of the 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 722 soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051000253019, last edited 5 June 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.