Is Member's Mark Creamy Chicken & Wild Rice Soup ultra-processed?

48 oz Soups Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E415 Xanthan gum

58 ingredients
3 additives

Less processed soups

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

Chicken stock (water, chicken bones, onions, celery, carrots, sea salt (processing marker), garlic, parsley, white pepper, thyme, bay leaves, marjoram), chicken meat, water, light cream (milk, cream), heavy cream, mushrooms, onions, wild rice, parboiled long grain rice, chicken flavor broth concentrate (chicken stock, salt (processing marker), chicken fat, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), vegetable juice (celery, onion, carrot), lactic acid, xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker)), chicken fat, carrots, salted sherry cooking wine (wine (contains sulfiting agents), salt (processing marker)), flour, garlic, lemon juice, rotisserie chicken seasoning (salt (processing marker), spices (including paprika, celery seed), onion, garlic, citric acid), parsley, vinegar, sugar (processing marker), yeast extract, black pepper, cayenne pepper, celery seeds

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Chicken stock (water, chicken bones, onions, celery, carrots, sea salt, garlic, parsley, white pepper, thyme, bay leaves, marjoram), chicken meat, water, light cream (milk, cream), heavy cream, mushrooms, onions, wild rice, parboiled long grain rice, chicken flavor broth concentrate (chicken stock, salt, chicken fat, natural flavor, vegetable juice concentrate [celery, onion, carrot], lactic acid, xanthan gum), chicken fat, carrots, salted sherry cooking wine (wine [contains sulfiting agents], salt), flour, garlic, lemon juice, rotisserie chicken seasoning (salt, spices [including paprika, celery seed], onion, garlic, citric acid), parsley, vinegar, sugar, yeast extract, black pepper, cayenne pepper, ground celery seeds.

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.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

3 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.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 459th. 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 0193968507015, last edited 18 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.