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Is Knorr Beef stock pot ultra-processed?

Soups Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Knorr Beef stock pot

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

centrated beef stock edients (water), salt, flavourings, at (beef fat, antioxidant (extracts emary)), yeast extract, tock powder 2%, potassium chloride, gelling agents (xanthan locust bean e root, sunflower oil, beef 0.1%, leek, quot, parsley inably grown qum), caramel syup, maltodextrin, sugar, carrots, comments and questions? freephone 0800 7311411 allsave 1850 28 10 27

As written on the pack

centrated beef stock edients: water, salt, flavourings, at (beef fat, antioxidant (extracts emary)) (5,2%), yeast extract, tock powder (2%), potassium chloride, gelling agents (xanthan locust bean e root, sunflower oil, beef powder (0,1%), leek,quot,, parsley inably grown qum), caramel syup, maltodextrin, sugar, carrots 2g , comments or questions? freephone 0800 7311411 allsave 1850 28 10 27

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.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 466th. 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 8722700268741, last edited 21 July 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.