Is Campbell's CHUNKY Chicken and Sausage Gumbo ultra-processed?

18.8 oz Soups Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Flavouring
Glucose
Modified starch
E407 Carrageenan

41 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score C

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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

water, diced tomatoes in tomato juice, rice, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), chicken meat, andouille sausage (pork, water, seasonings (spices, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), onion, garlic), salt (processing marker), hickory char oil (soybean oil (processing marker), natural hickory smoke flavor), sodium nitrite (processing marker)), celery, okra, green peppers, contains less than 2% of (modified food starch (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), onions, red peppers, potato starch (processing marker), spices, flavoring (ultra-processing marker), chicken broth, yeast extract, carrots, carrageenan (ultra-processing marker), onions, sodium carbonate, chicken fat, onion extract, garlic extract

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E407 Carrageenan , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate

As written on the pack

water, diced tomatoes in tomato juice, rice, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), grilled chicken meat, andouille sausage (pork, water, seasonings [spices, dextrose, onion powder, garlic powder], salt, hickory char oil [soybean oil, natural hickory smoke flavor], sodium nitrite), celery, okra, green peppers, contains less than 2% of: modified food starch, salt, sugar, onions**, red peppers**, potato starch, spices, flavoring, chicken broth**, yeast extract, carrots, carrageenan, onions, sodium carbonate, chicken fat, onion extract, garlic extract, **dehydratedmay contain traces of wheat

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.

E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
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.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

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 622nd. 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 0051000150073, last edited 22 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.
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.