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Is Kirkland Signature Organic Chicken Sipping Bone Broth ultra-processed?

32 oz Liquid broths Sold in the United States

Pack of Kirkland Signature Organic Chicken Sipping Bone 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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed liquid 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 stock, vegetable broth (carrot, celery, onion), less than 2 percent flavor, natural flavor, salt, lemon juice concentrate, apple cider vinegar, rosemary extract, turmeric extract (color), by qcs made in the usa with domestic and imported ingredients

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

organic chicken stock, organic vegetable broth (organic carrot, organic celery, organic onion), with less than 2 percent organic flavor, natural roasted flavor, salt, organic lemon juice concentrate, organic apple cider vinegar, organic rosemary extract, organic turmeric extract (color). certified organic by qcs made in the usa with domestic and imported ingredients 0%

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 liquid broths

From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 52% of the liquid broths 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 23 liquid broths, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0096619093915, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.