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Is Campbells Campbell& condensed broccoli cheese soup ultra-processed?

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Pack of Campbells Campbell& condensed broccoli cheese 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:

  • 64 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, broccoli, vegetable oil (corn, canola, and soybean), modified food starch, wheat flour, contains less than 2% of (cheddar cheese, cheddar cheese, cultured milk), salt, enzymes, whey, salt, sodium phosphate, salt, cream, cheese blend (whey, semisoft cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), buttermilk solids, salt, butter, calcium phosphate, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, enzyme modified butteroil), sugar, whey, monosodium glutamate, soy protein, onions, parmesan, cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), beta carotene for color, cheese blend (cheddar, granular, semisoft, blue cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes)), zinc chloride (to maintain color), lactic acid, natural flavoring, sodium phosphate, vinegar, driedcontains (wheat), milk, soy

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate

As written on the pack

Water, broccoli, vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or soybean), modified food starch, wheat flour, contains less than 2% of: cheddar cheese (cheddar cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], whey, salt, sodium phosphate)**, salt, cream, cheese blend (whey, semisoft cheese [milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], buttermilk solids, salt, butter, calcium phosphate, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, enzyme modified butteroil)**, sugar, whey, monosodium glutamate, soy protein concentrate, onions**, parmesan and cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), beta carotene for color, cheese blend (cheddar, granular, semisoft and blue cheese [milk, cultures, salt, enzymes]), zinc chloride (to maintain color), lactic acid, natural flavoring, sodium phosphate, vinegar. **driedcontains: wheat, milk, soy

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.

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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
7 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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 575th. 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 0051000013477, last edited 5 December 2025), 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.