Is Marks & Spencer Golden butternut squash & sage soup ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 19 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, Butternut Squash 24%, Cream, Carrots, Onions, Celery, Butter (processing marker), Tomato Paste, Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Honey (processing marker), Parmigiano Reggiano (processing marker), Sea Salt (processing marker), Garlic, Sage, Thickener (ultra-processing marker) (Xanthan Gum (ultra-processing marker)), Black Pepper
Additives: E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
Water, Butternut Squash (24%), Cream (Milk) (14%), Carrots, Onions, Celery, Butter (Milk), Tomato Paste, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed), Honey, Parmigiano Reggiano (Milk), Sea Salt, Garlic, Sage, Thickener: Xanthan Gum, Ground Black Pepper.
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.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
6 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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 722 soups
From least to most processed, this one ranks 420th. 63% of the soups here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29286010, last edited 27 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.