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Is Coop Chicken and vegetables soup ultra-processed?

Vegetable soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Coop Chicken and vegetables soup

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 38 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed fruits and vegetables based foods

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, Potato (Potato, Preservative (Sodium hydrogen sulphite)), Carrot 9%, Skinless Chicken Thigh 6%, Onion, Parsnip 4%, Leek 3%, Single Cream, Chicken Stock Chicken Bones, Water, Salt, Cornflour, Carrot Powder, Leek, Onion, Garlic, Parsley, Tomato, Sugar, Mushroom (Mushroom, Salt), Balsamic Vinegar (Wine Vinegar, Grape Must), Olive Oil, Bay Leaf, Thyme, Cornflour, Chicken Fat, Parsley, Garlic, Thyme, Cracked Black Pepper, Turmeric

As written on the pack

Water, Potato (Potato, Preservative (Sodium hydrogen sulphite)), Carrot (9%), Skinless Chicken Thigh (6%), Onion, Parsnip (4%), Leek (3%), Single Cream (Milk), Chicken Stock Chicken Bones, Water, Salt, Cornflour, Carrot Powder, Leek Powder, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Ground Parsley, Tomato Powder, Sugar, Mushroom Juice Concentrate (Mushroom Concentrate, Salt), Balsamic Vinegar (Wine Vinegar, Grape Must Concentrate), Olive Oil, Ground Bay Leaf, Ground Thyme), Cornflour, Chicken Fat, Parsley, Garlic Powder, Thyme, Cracked Black Pepper, Ground Turmeric

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 226 vegetable soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 92nd. 52% of the vegetable 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 226 vegetable soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000129298024, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.