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Is Glorious Warming Carrot Soup ultra-processed?

560g Vegetable soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Glorious Warming Carrot 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:

  • 58 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

water, carrot 36%, onion, coconut cream 5% (coconut, water), potato, red peppers, ginger 1%, sugar, lime juice, bouillon (salt, maltodextrin, potato starch, yeast extract, sugar, vegetables (onion, parsnip, parsley), sunflower oil, spices (lovage, turmeric, pepper, garlic, mace, nutmeg), spice extract), cornflour, salt, coriander, red chilli 0.3%, oil, lemongrass, garlic puree, coriander, cumin, heating shake well first, appliances vary, these instructions are a guide microwave (cat e 850w, remove lid and replace loosely, heat for 5 mins), stirring halfway through, careful it's hot, stand for 1 min, 12 hob (heat gently for 6 mins), stirring frequently, please do not boil storage keep refrigerated, once opened eat within 2 days, do not reheat freezing? best do it right now and eat within 1 month, defrost thoroughly and stir well before and after heating, use by (see lid, typical valves as sold energy carbo fore prote)

As written on the pack

water, carrot (36%), onion, coconut cream (5%) (coconut extract, water), potato, red peppers, ginger puree (1%), sugar, lime juice, bouillon (salt, maltodextrin, potato starch, yeast extract, sugar, vegetables (onion, parsnip, parsley), sunflower oil, spices (lovage, turmeric, pepper, garlic, mace, nutmeg), spice extract), cornflour, salt, coriander, red chilli (0.3%), pomace oil, lemongrass, garlic puree, ground coriander, ground cumin. heating shake well first, appliances vary, these instructions are a guide microwave (cat e 850w): remove lid and replace loosely. heat for 5 mins, stirring halfway through. careful it's hot, stand for 1 min. 12 hob: heat gently for 6 mins, stirring frequently. please do not boil storage keep refrigerated. once opened eat within 2 days. do not reheat freezing? best do it right now and eat within 1 month. defrost thoroughly and stir well before and after heating. use by: see lid. typical valves as sold energy carbo fore prote

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 226 vegetable soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 132nd. 52% of the vegetable 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 226 vegetable soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5027040036603, 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.