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Is Campbell's Chunky Classic Chicken Noodle with White Meat Chicken ultra-processed?

18.6 oz (1 lb 2.6 oz) 527 g Canned soups Sold in the United States and Germany

Pack of Campbell's Chunky Classic Chicken Noodle with White Meat Chicken

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed canned 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 stock, white meat chicken, carrots, enriched egg noodles (wheat flour, eggs, egg whites, wheat protein isolate, wheat gluten, phosphate, lactic acid), niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, celery, Contains less than 2% of (water), modified cornstarch, salt, chicken fat, yeast extract, potassium salt, soy protein, sugar, chicken, dried onions, sodium phosphate, flavoring, spice, vegetable broth, chicken skins, beta carotene for color, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, egg yolks, soy lecithin

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

Chicken stock, white meat chicken, carrots, enriched egg noodles (wheat flour, eggs, egg whites, wheat protein isolate [wheat gluten, phosphate, lactic acid), niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), celery, Contains less than 2% of: water, modified cornstarch, salt, chicken fat, yeast extract, potassium salt, soy protein concentrate, sugar, dried chicken, dried onions, sodium phosphate, flavoring, spice, vegetable broth, cooked chicken skins, beta carotene for color, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, egg yolks, soy lecithin. Contains: Egg, wheat, 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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • 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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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 190 canned soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 186th. 68% of the canned 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 190 canned soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051000038852, last edited 18 August 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.