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Is Kettle & Fire Chicken Broth ultra-processed?

32 oz Broth stock Sold in the United States

Pack of Kettle & Fire Chicken Broth

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 16 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed dehydrated broths

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

chicken bone broth (water, chicken bones, onions, carrots, fennel, leeks, apple cider vinegar, thyme, shiitake mushrooms, tamarind paste, bay leaves), tomato paste, mushroom extract (mushrooms), sea salt

As written on the pack

CHICKEN BONE BROTH* (WATER, CHICKEN BONES*, ONIONS*, CARROTS*, FENNEL*, LEEKS*, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR*, THYME*, SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS*, TAMARIND PASTE*, BAY LEAVES*), TOMATO PASTE*, MUSHROOM EXTRACT* (MUSHROOMS*), SEA SALT. CERTIFIED ORGANIC INGREDIENTS

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 24 broth stock

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 50% of the broth stock 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 24 broth stock, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0851702007176, last edited 8 April 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.