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Is M&S Food Chicken, Mushroom & Rice Soup ultra-processed?

600g Chicken and vegetables soup Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of M&S Food Chicken, Mushroom & Rice 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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Roast Chicken Stock (Water, Yeast Extract, Chicken Bones, Chicken Fat, Salt, Carrots, Onions, Tomato Paste, Bay Thyme), Onions, Mushrooms 9%, Carrots, British Chicken Thighs 8%, Basmati Rice 4%, Single Cream, Cornflour, Celery, Salt, Parsley, Thyme, Black Pepper, Bay Leaves

As written on the pack

Roast Chicken Stock (Water, Yeast Extract, Chicken Bones, Chicken Fat, Salt, Carrots, Onions, Tomato Paste, Bay Thyme), Onions, Mushrooms (9%), Carrots, British Chicken Thighs (8%), Basmati Rice (4%), Single Cream (Milk), Cornflour, Celery, Salt, Parsley, Thyme, Ground Black Pepper, Ground Bay Leaves

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

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 12 chicken and vegetables soup

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 42% of the chicken and vegetables soup 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 12 chicken and vegetables soup, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00220576, last edited 19 March 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.