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Is Campbell's Cream of Chicken & Mushroom Soup ultra-processed?

10.5 oz (298 g) Cream of mushroom soups Sold in the United States and Bolivia

Pack of Campbell's Cream of Chicken & Mushroom Soup

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 3 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

Chicken stock, mushrooms, vegetable oil, cornstarch, wheat flour, cream, chicken meat, chicken fat, salt 2%, whey, chicken, monosodium glutamate, soy protein, water, yeast extract, natural flavoring, beta carotene (color), soy protein isolate, sodium phosphate, mushrooms, onion extract, butter, garlic

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E621 Monosodium glutamate

As written on the pack

Chicken stock, mushrooms, vegetable oil, cornstarch, wheat flour, cream, chicken meat, chicken fat, salt 2%, whey, dried chicken, monosodium glutamate, soy protein concentrate, water, yeast extract, natural flavoring, beta carotene (color), soy protein isolate, sodium phosphate, dried mushrooms, onion extract, butter, garlic juice concentrate.

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
5 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 cream of mushroom soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 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 0051000015273, last edited 19 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.