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Is Heinz Cream Of Chicken Cup Soup ultra-processed?

4 x 17 g Chicken soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Heinz Cream Of Chicken Cup 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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed chicken 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, Onion, Potato Starch, Glucose Syrup, Palm Oil, Sugar, Chicken 0.5%, Salt, Yeast Extract, Garlic, Flavourings, Corn Starch, Sage, Lactose, Milk Proteins, Stabilisers, Potassium Phosphates, Polyphosphates, Emulsifier, mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Turmeric

Additives: E340 Potassium phosphates , E452 Polyphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Water, Onion, Potato Starch, Glucose Syrup, Palm Oil, Sugar, Chicken (0.5%), Salt, Yeast Extract, Garlic, Flavourings, Corn Starch, Sage, Lactose (Milk), Milk Proteins, Stabilisers - Potassium Phosphates and Polyphosphates, Emulsifier - Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Turmeric May contain Wheat, Celery

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.

  • E452 Polyphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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 15 chicken soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 60% of the chicken 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 15 chicken soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000157074836, last edited 10 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.