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Is M&S Chunky Keralan Chicken Soup ultra-processed?

600g Soups Sold in Ireland and Scotland

Pack of M&S Chunky Keralan Chicken 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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Roast Chicken Stock (Water, Yeast Extract, Chicken Bones, Chicken Fat, Salt, Carrots, Onions, Tomato Paste, Bay Leaves, Thyme), Potatoes, British Chicken Thighs 8%, Onions, Red Peppers 6%, Coconut Cream 5% (Coconut, Water), Green Beans 5%, Butternut Squash 3%, Cornflour, Red Lentils, Ginger, Lemon Juice, Coriander, Rapeseed Oil, Spices (Turmeric, Coriander, Cumin, Fenugreek, Fennel, Chilli), Garlic Puree, Red Chilli Peppers, Salt, Honey, Sugar, Lemongrass, Dried Onions

As written on the pack

Roast Chicken Stock (Water, Yeast Extract, Chicken Bones, Chicken Fat, Salt, Carrots, Onions, Tomato Paste, Bay Leaves, Thyme), Potatoes, British Chicken Thighs (8%), Onions, Red Peppers (6%), Coconut Cream (5%) (Coconut Extract, Water), Green Beans (5%), Butternut Squash (3%), Cornflour, Red Lentils, Ginger Puree, Lemon Juice, Coriander, Rapeseed Oil, Ground Spices (Turmeric, Coriander, Cumin, Fenugreek, Fennel, Chilli), Garlic Puree, Red Chilli Peppers, Salt, Honey, Sugar, Lemongrass, Dried Onions.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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

Among 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 220th. 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 29087037, last edited 30 April 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.