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Is Marks & Spencers French Onion Soup ultra-processed?

550g Onions and their products Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencers French Onion 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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed onions and their products

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 Onions White Wine (contains, Sulphites), Beef Stock (Water, Beef Bones Tomato Purée Onions, Carrots), Marsala Wine, Sunflower Oil, Cornflour Butter, Garlic, Sea, Salt Thyme Bay Leaves, Contains alcohol, Reject if safety button can be pushed down before opening

As written on the pack

• Water Onions White Wine (contains • Sulphites) (10%) · Beef Stock (Water · Beef Bones Tomato Purée Onions. • • • Carrots) (3%) Marsala Wine (contains Sulphites) (3%) Sunflower Oil. . Cornflour Butter (Milk) Garlic · Sea • • Salt Thyme Bay Leaves. Contains alcohol. Reject if safety button can be pushed down before opening.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • 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 68 onions and their products

From least to most processed, this one ranks 42nd. 32% of the onions and their products 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 68 onions and their products, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29407699, last edited 1 July 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.