Is Crosse & Blackwell Minestrone 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:
- 34 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score B
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Tomatoes 37%, Water, Vegetables 21% (Carrot, Garden Peas, Onion Swede Celery Potato, Yellow Split Peas, Haricot Beans, Leek, Red Pepper), Noodles 8% (W Durum Wheat Semolina, Egg White), Cabbage, Maize Starch (processing marker), Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Flavourings (ultra-processing marker) (contain Celery), Sugar (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil Potato Starch, Yeast Extract, Oregano, Basil, Onion, Leek, Black Pepper, Garlic, Herb Extracts Allergy Advice (Allergens in bold Portion size), 2 per can, contains 1 serving, colours (ultra-processing marker) (and preservatives (processing marker))
As written on the pack
Tomatoes (37%), Water, Vegetables (21%) (Carrot, Garden Peas, Onion Swede Celery Potato, Yellow Split Peas, Haricot Beans, Leek, Red Pepper). Noodles (8%) (W Durum Wheat Semolina, Egg White), Dried Cabbage, Maize Starch, Modified Maize Starch, Salt, Flavourings (contain Celery). Sugar, Rapeseed Oil Potato Starch, Yeast Extract, Oregano, Basil, Onion Powder. Leek Powder, Black Pepper, Garlic Powder, Herb Extracts Allergy Advice: Allergens in bold Portion size: 2 per can. contains 1 serving. No artificial flavours, colours or preservatives
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- 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.
Among 189 canned soups
From least to most processed, this one ranks 128th. 68% of the canned soups here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000232035721, 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.