Is Crosse & Blackwell Broccoli & Stilton Soup ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 28 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
water, Broccoli 13%, stilton Cheese (processing marker) 3%, Maize Starch (processing marker), Spinach, Whey Protein (ultra-processing marker), Yoghurt, Wheat Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Thiamin, Niacin), Rapeseed Oil, Double Cream, Potato Starch (processing marker), Butter (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Concentrated Lemon Juice, Onion, Yeast Extract, Garlic, Leek, Sugar (processing marker), White Pepper, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Nutmeg, Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Mixed carotenes (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E160a Carotene
As written on the pack
water, Broccoli (13%), stilton Cheese (3%), Maize Starch, Spinach, Whey Protein, Yoghurt, Wheat Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Thiamin, Niacin), Rapeseed Oil, Double Cream, Potato Starch, Butter, Salt, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Onion Powder, Yeast Extract, Garlic Powder, Leek Powder, Sugar, White Pepper, Flavouring, Nutmeg, Colour (Mixed carotenes)
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.
- 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.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
6 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 226 vegetable soups
From least to most processed, this one ranks 194th. 52% of the vegetable soups here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000232865069, last edited 11 April 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.