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Is Muji Hot & Sour Tomato Soup ultra-processed?

4x6 g Tomato soups Sold in Sweden and France

Pack of Muji Hot & Sour Tomato Soup

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 59 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

Beansprouts 33%, Dried Tomato (1896), Bamboo Shoots 16%, Soy Sauce (Soya Beans, Wheat, Salt, Seafood Seasoning, Dried Seafood Bouillon, Oyster, Fish Stock, Fish Stock, Salt), Dextrin, Salt, Maize 食 Starch, Potato Starch, Sugar, Dextrin, Sea Salt, Yeast (Yeast Extract, Salt), Sugar, Dextrin, Rice Vinegar, Sea Salt, Potato Starch, Yeast Extract Blend (Yeast Extract, Dextrin), Salted Yeast Extract Blend (Yeast Extract, Sea Salt, Dextrin), Sesame Seed Oil, Shiitake Mushroom Extract Blend (Shiitake Mushroom Extract, Dextrin, Sea Salt, Yeast, Yeast Extract, Salt), Citric Acid Blend (Citric Acid, Sweet Potato Starch, Tapioca Starch, Rice Bran), Thickener (Xanthan Gum), Sesame Seeds, Seasoning (Black Pepper, Maize Starch), Seasoning (White Pepper, Maize Starch), Red Chilli

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Beansprouts (33%), Dried Tomato (1896), Bamboo Shoots (16%), Soy Sauce [Soya Beans, Wheat, Salt), Seafood Seasoning [Dried Seafood Bouillon [Oyster Extract (Mollusc), Dried Seasoned Fish Stock [Fish Stock, Salt], Dextrin, Salt, Maize 食 Starch, Potato Starch], Sugar, Dextrin, Sea Salt, Salted Yeast Extract [Yeast Extract, Salt]], Sugar, Dextrin, Dried Rice Vinegar, Sea Salt, Potato Starch, Yeast Extract Blend [Yeast Extract, Dextrin], Salted Yeast Extract Blend [Yeast Extract, Sea Salt, Dextrin], Sesame Seed Oil, Shiitake Mushroom Extract Blend [Shiitake Mushroom Extract, Dextrin, Sea Salt, Salted Yeast Extract [Yeast Extract, Salt]], Citric Acid Blend [Citric Acid, Sweet Potato Starch, Tapioca Starch, Rice Bran], Thickener (Xanthan Gum), Roasted Sesame Seeds, Seasoning [Black Pepper, Maize Starch], Seasoning [White Pepper, Maize Starch], Red Chilli.

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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 31 tomato soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 24th. 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 4550002527402, last edited 13 May 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.