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Is Kirkland Chicken Tortilla Soup Tortilla soup ultra-processed?

245 g Sold in the United States

Pack of Kirkland Chicken Tortilla Soup Tortilla soup

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

chicken broth, white chicken meat, tomatoes, corn, onions, roasted poblano chili pepper, red pepper, carrots, green chile pepper, tomato paste, green onions, corn tortilla, white corn masa, spices, chicken fat, garlic, sugar, sea salt, chili, smoked paprika, dehydrated onions, paprika, lime juice concentrate

As written on the pack

CHICKEN BROTH, WHITE CHICKEN MEAT, DICED TOMATOES, CORN, ONIONS, ROASTED POBLANO CHILI PEPPER, RED PEPPER, CARROTS, GREEN CHILE PEPPER, TOMATO PASTE, GREEN ONIONS, CORN TORTILLA CHIPS, WHITE CORN MASA, SPICES, CHICKEN FAT, GARLIC, SUGAR, SEA SALT, CHILI POWDER, SMOKED PAPRIKA, DEHYDRATED ONIONS, PAPRIKA, LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE.

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

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

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0196633939883, last edited 22 June 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.