Is Campbell’s real stock vegetable ultra-processed?

500 ml Vegetable broths Sold in Australia

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Glucose

14 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed vegetable broths

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

Vegetable Stock 97% (Water, Vegetables (Carrots, Celery, Cabbage), Garlic, Onions, Bay Leaves, Parsley, Thyme), Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Glucose (ultra-processing marker)

As written on the pack

Vegetable Stock (97%) (Water, Vegetables (Carrots, Celery, Cabbage), Garlic, Onions, Bay Leaves, Parsley, Thyme), Sugar, Salt, Glucose

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

2 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 60 vegetable broths

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 65% of the vegetable broths 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 60 vegetable broths, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300644043458, last edited 18 January 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.