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Is Kirkland Organic Chicken Broth ultra-processed?

1L Broth stock Sold in Canada

Pack of Kirkland Organic Chicken Broth

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed broth stock

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 broth (water, chicken broth), chicken flavour (contains chicken), cane sugar, onion, vegetables (carrot, onion, celery), flavour (yeast extract, sugar cane, natural flavour), turmeric

As written on the pack

Organic chicken broth (water, organic concentrated chicken broth), Organic chicken flavour (contains organic chicken), Organic cane sugar, Organic onion powder, Organic vegetables (organic carrot, organic onion, organic celery), Organic flavour (organic yeast extract, organic dried sugar cane syrup, natural flavour), Organic turmeric.

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.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 24 broth stock

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 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 0096619177714, last edited 24 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.