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Is Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup ultra-processed?

515 mL Chicken soups Sold in Canada

Pack of Campbell's Chicken Noodle 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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed chicken soups

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 broth (water, chicken stock), chicken, Carrots, Celery, Noodles (wheat flour, whole egg, egg-white, wheat protein isolate), Modified corn starch, Salt, Chicken fat, Monosodium glutamate, Yeast extract (barley), Garlic, Onion, Spice extracts, Hydrolyzed protein (soy, corn, wheat), parsley, Beta carotene, Caramel colour, Flavour

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E621 Monosodium glutamate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

Chicken broth (water, chicken stock), Seasoned chicken, Carrots, Celery, Noodles (wheat flour, dried whole egg, dried egg-white, wheat protein isolate), Modified corn starch, Salt, Chicken fat, Monosodium glutamate, Yeast extract (barley), Garlic powder, Onion powder, Spice extracts (mustard), Hydrolyzed protein (soy, corn, wheat), Dried parsley, Beta carotene, Caramel colour, Flavour.

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.

  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • 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.

  • Hydrolysed proteins An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 15 chicken soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 60% of the chicken 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 15 chicken soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0063211283808, last edited 21 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.