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Is Campbell's CHUNKY Creamy Chicken & Dumplings ultra-processed?

18.8 oz (1 lb 2.8 oz) 533 g Meals with chicken Sold in the United States, Germany and Japan

Pack of Campbell's CHUNKY Creamy Chicken & Dumplings

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:

  • 50 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, chicken stock, spaetzle dumplings (water, enriched wheat flour, wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), eggs, durum wheat flour, durum wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, salt, spices, natural flavor, turmeric extract, chicken meat, carrots, celery, vegetable oil, Contains less than 2% of (green beans), peas, modified cornstarch, salt, wheat flour, soy protein, monosodium glutamate, sugar, dried onions, soy protein isolate, sodium phosphate, beta carotene for color, flavoring, spice, chicken, butter, cream, chicken fat, xanthan gum, lactic acid, soy lecithin

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E270 Lactic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E415 Xanthan gum , E621 Monosodium glutamate

As written on the pack

Water, chicken stock, spaetzle dumplings (water, enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), eggs, enriched durum wheat flour [durum wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), salt, spices, natural flavor, turmeric extract), chicken meat, carrots, celery, vegetable oil, Contains less than 2% of: green beans, peas, modified cornstarch, salt, wheat flour, soy protein concentrate, monosodium glutamate, sugar, dried onions, soy protein isolate, sodium phosphate, beta carotene for color, flavoring, spice, dried chicken, butter, cream, chicken fat, xanthan gum, lactic acid, soy lecithin. Contains: Egg, wheat, milk, 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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of 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.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • 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.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 203rd. 79% of the meals with chicken 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 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051000142931, last edited 31 July 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.