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Is Heinz Lentil & Bacon Soup ultra-processed?

400g Soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Heinz Lentil & Bacon 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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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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, Lentils 11%, Yellow Peas, Carrots 6%, Smoked Bacon 4% (Pork 3.84%, Salt, Spice Extract, Smoke Flavour), Modified Cornflour, Onions, Tomatoes, Flavourings, Wheat Flour (contains Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Cornflour, Smoke Flavourings

As written on the pack

Water, Lentils (11%), Split Yellow Peas, Carrots (6%), Smoked Bacon (4%, Pork 96%, Salt, Spice Extract, Smoke Flavour). Modified Cornflour, Onions, Tomatoes, Flavourings (contains Wheat, Barley), Wheat Flour (contains Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Cornflour, Smoke Flavourings (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.

  • 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.

  • Modified flour An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 387th. 63% of the 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 722 soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000157074027, last edited 24 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.