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

400 g Chicken and vegetables soup Sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland and 2 more countries

Pack of Cully & Sully 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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed chicken and vegetables soup

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, carrots 19%, potatoes 11%, onions 8%, chicken breast 4%, leeks, cream, butter, celery 2%, chicken stock, salt, maltodextrin, yeast extract, flavouring, herbs and spices (pepper, turmeric, parsley), sugar, vegetables (onions, celery, carrots), chicken, sunflower oil, chicken fat (chicken), citric acid, caramelised sugar

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

water, carrots (19%), potatoes (11%), onions (8%), chicken breast (4%), leeks, cream (milk), butter (milk), celery (2%), chicken stock [salt, maltodextrin, yeast extract, flavouring, herbs and spices (pepper, turmeric, parsley), sugar, vegetables (onions, celery, carrots), chicken, sunflower oil, chicken fat (chicken), citric acid, caramelised sugar),

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.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down 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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 chicken and vegetables soup

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 42% of the chicken and vegetables soup 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 12 chicken and vegetables soup, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5391511420209, last edited 7 May 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.