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

Reheatable soups Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Campbell's Cream of Chicken Condensed 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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed reheatable 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

Water, Rapeseed Oil, Modified Maize Starch, Chicken 4%, Wheat Flour (Contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Thiami Niacin), Milk Proteins, Salt, Double Cream, Dried Chicken Stock Flavourings, Autolysed Yeast, Yeast Extract, Potato Starch, Spices, Sage, Garlic Extract, Onion Oil, NO ARTIFICIAL COLOURS and PRESERVATIVES Best Before End (See end of can STEEL RECYCLA WHERE FACILITES AVAILABLE)

As written on the pack

Water, Rapeseed Oil, Modified Maize Starch, Chicken (4%), Wheat Flour (Contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Thiami Niacin), Milk Proteins, Salt, Double Cream (Milk), Dried Chicken Stock Flavourings, Autolysed Yeast, Yeast Extract, Potato Starch, Spices, Sage Extract, Garlic Extract, Onion Oil. May also contain egg. NO ARTIFICIAL COLOURS OR PRESERVATIVES Best Before End: See end of can STEEL RECYCLA WHERE FACILITES AVAILABLE

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.

  • 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.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 85 reheatable soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 62nd. 42% of the reheatable 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 85 reheatable soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0063211197549, last edited 17 September 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.