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Is knorr Thick tomato soup ultra-processed?

51g Tomato soups Sold in the United States and India

Pack of knorr Thick tomato soup

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed tomato soups

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

Sugar, Maize Starch, Tomato Paste 15%, Refined Wheat Flour (Maida), lodised salt, Hydrogenated Palm Oil, Vegetables (Onion 2.8%, Leeks 1.1%), Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, Spices, Condiments (Black pepper 0.4%), Anti caking agent, 551, Thickener, 415, Red Beet Juice (Anti caking agent, 551), Flavours, Natural (Garlic), Nature Identical Flavouring Substances, Flavour Enhancer, 627 and 631, Oleoresin Chilli, Acidity Regulator, 330, May Contain

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum , E551 Silicon dioxide , E631 Disodium inosinate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E415 Xanthan gum, E551 Silicon dioxide, E631 Disodium inosinate.

As written on the pack

Sugar, Maize Starch, Tomato Paste Solids (15%), Refined Wheat Flour (Maida), lodised salt, Hydrogenated Palm Oil, *Dehydrated Vegetables (Onion Powder (2.8%), Leeks (1.1%)), Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, Spices & Condiments (Black pepper (0.4%)), Anti caking agent - 551, Thickener - 415, Red Beet Juice Powder (Anti caking agent - 551), Flavours - Natural (Garlic) and Nature Identical Flavouring Substances, Flavour Enhancer - 627 & 631, Oleoresin Chilli, Acidity Regulator - 330. Contains Wheat. May Contain Traces of Milk, Mustard, Soya, Celery & Nuts.

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E551 Silicon dioxide A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

  • Hydrogenated oil Hydrogenation turns liquid oil into a solid fat that resists going rancid.
5 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.
  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 31 tomato soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 30th. 61% of the tomato 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 31 tomato soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8901030900105, last edited 21 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.