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Is Campbell's Chicken Stock ultra-processed?

1L Liquid chicken broths Sold in Australia

Pack of Campbell's Chicken Stock

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed liquid chicken broths

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 98% (water, chicken, carrots, celery, cabbage, onions, parsley, sage, natural antioxidant (rosemary extract)), salt, sugar, glucose, yeast extract

Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

chicken stock (98%) (water, chicken, carrots, celery, cabbage, onions, parsley, sage extract, natural antioxidant (rosemary extract)), salt, sugar, glucose, yeast extract

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
2 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 liquid chicken broths

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 67% of the liquid chicken broths 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 9 liquid chicken broths, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300644043601, last edited 22 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.