Is Campbells Condensed Cream Of Mushroom Soup ultra-processed?

295g Cream of mushroom soups Sold in the United Kingdom and Scotland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Milk proteins
Modified starch

17 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed mushrooms and their products

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, Mushrooms 10%, Rapeseed Oil, Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Wheat Flour (Contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Thiamin, Niacin), Milk Proteins (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Double Cream, Yeast, Mushroom Powder, Sugar (processing marker), White Pepper, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker)

As written on the pack

Water, Mushrooms (10%), Rapeseed Oil, Modified Maize Starch, Wheat Flour (Contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Thiamin, Niacin), Milk Proteins, Salt, Double Cream (Milk), Yeast, Mushroom Powder, Sugar, White Pepper, Flavouring.

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.

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.

Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.

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 8 cream of mushroom soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 100% of the cream of mushroom 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 8 cream of mushroom soups, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0063211197532, last edited 27 March 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.