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Is Marks & Spencers Cream Of Tomato Soup ultra-processed?

600 g Tomato soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencers Cream Of Tomato 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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed fruits and vegetables based foods

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

Water, Tomatoes 24%, Tomato Purée, Carrots, Whipping Cream, Onions, Celery, Sugar, Olive Oil, Cornflour, Sherry Vinegar, Salt, Smoked Paprika, White Pepper

As written on the pack

Water, Tomatoes (24%), Tomato Purée, Carrots, Whipping Cream (Milk) (4.5%), Onions, Celery, Sugar, Olive Oil, Cornflour, Sherry Vinegar, Salt, Ground Smoked Paprika, Ground White Pepper

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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 31 tomato soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 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 00772303, last edited 30 September 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.