Is Deutsche Küche Lentil Vegetable Soup ultra-processed?

28 oz Canned soups Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Modified starch
E160c Paprika extract
E412 Guar gum

22 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed canned soups

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, red lentils, brown lentils, potatoes, carrots, onions, salt (processing marker), leeks, tomato paste, spirit vinegar, canola oil, wheat flour, chives, modified corn starch (ultra-processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), paprika extract (ultra-processing marker) (color (ultra-processing marker)), ascorbic acid (antioxidant), tomato powder, spices

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

WATER, RED LENTILS, BROWN LENTILS, POTATOES, CARROTS, ONIONS, SALT, LEEKS, TOMATO PASTE, SPIRIT VINEGAR, CANOLA OIL, WHEAT FLOUR, CHIVES, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, GUAR GUM, SUGAR, PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOR), ASCORBIC ACID (ANTIOXIDANT), TOMATO POWDER, SPICES. CONTAINS WHEAT.

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.

E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.

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.
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 189 canned soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 161st. 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 189 canned soups, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100138306, last edited 26 August 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.