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Is Campbell's Chicken Noodle ultra-processed?

10.75 oz Chicken and vegetables soup Sold in the United States

Pack of Campbell's Chicken Noodle

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed chicken and vegetables soup

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

chicken stock, enriched egg noodles (wheat flour, eggs, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), chicken meat, contains less than 2% of (salt), chicken fat, water, monosodium glutamate, cornstarch, modified food starch, chicken broth, cane sugar, flavoring, beta carotene for color, dehydrated onions, yeast extract, soy protein isolate, sodium phosphate, chicken, onion extract, garlic extract

Additives: E621 Monosodium glutamate

As written on the pack

chicken stock, enriched egg noodles (wheat flour, eggs, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), chicken meat, contains less than 2% of: salt, chicken fat, water, monosodium glutamate, cornstarch, modified food starch, dehydrated chicken broth, cane sugar, flavoring, beta carotene for color, dehydrated onions, yeast extract, soy protein isolate, sodium phosphate, dehydrated chicken, onion extract, garlic 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.
4 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 chicken and vegetables soup

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 42% of the chicken and vegetables soup 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 12 chicken and vegetables soup, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051000012517, last edited 11 April 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.