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Is Cully & Sully A Hearty Chicken & Vegetable Soup ultra-processed?

280g Soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable) Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Cully & Sully A Hearty 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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable)

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, Carrot 19%, Potato 11%, Onion 8%, Chicken 4%, Leek 4%, Salted Butter (饾悓饾悽饾惀饾悿), Cream (饾悓饾悽饾惀饾悿), 饾悅饾悶饾惀饾悶饾惈饾惒 2.5%, Chicken, Vegetable Stock (Salt Maltodextrin, Yeast Extract, Flavouring, Herbs and Spices (Black Pepper, Turmeric, Parsley), Sugar, Vegetables (Onion, 饾悅饾悶饾惀饾悶饾惈饾惒, Carrot), Chicken, Sunflower Oil, Chicken Fat (Acid Citric Acid), Caramelised Sugar), Chicken

As written on the pack

Water, Carrot (19%), Potato (11%), Onion (8%), Chicken (4%), Leek (4%), Salted Butter (饾悓饾悽饾惀饾悿), Cream (饾悓饾悽饾惀饾悿), 饾悅饾悶饾惀饾悶饾惈饾惒 (2.5%), Chicken and Vegetable Stock [Salt Maltodextrin, Yeast Extract, Flavouring, Herbs And Spices (Black Pepper, Turmeric, Parsley), Sugar, Vegetables (Onion, 饾悅饾悶饾惀饾悶饾惈饾惒, Carrot), Chicken, Sunflower Oil, Chicken Fat, (Acid Citric Acid) Caramelised Sugar], Chicken

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
4 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable)

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 56% of the soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable) 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 9 soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable), least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5391511421213, last edited 20 July 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.