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Is Crosse & Blackwell Roast Chicken & Vegetable Soup ultra-processed?

Canned soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Crosse & Blackwell Roast Chicken & Vegetable 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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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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

Vegetables in varying proportions 32% (Carrot, Potato, Green Beans, Garden Roast Chicken 7.5%, Modified Maize Starch, Onion, Tomato Puree, Salted ter Milk), Salt, Wheat Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Thiamin, Niacin), Concentrated Carrot Juice, Salt, Garlic Puree, Parsley, White Pepper, Flavouring, Yeast Extract, Onion, Garlic, Sugar, Leek, Parsley, P Allergy Advice (Allergens in bold 0400 (0), 000000 1 serving on size), 1 can, colours (and preservatives)

As written on the pack

Vegetables in varying proportions (32%) (Carrot. Potato, Green Beans, Garden Roast Chicken (7.5%). Modified Maize Starch, Onion, Tomato Puree, Salted ter Milk). Salt, Wheat Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Thiamin. Niacin). Concentrated Carrot Juice, Salt, Garlic Puree, Parsley. White Pepper, Flavouring. Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Sugar, Leek, Parsley Extract. P Allergy Advice: Allergens in bold 0400 (0) 000000 1 serving on size: 1 can. 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 190 canned soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 127th. 68% of the canned 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 190 canned soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000232865229, 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.