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Is Mushroom Soup in a Cup with Croutons by Sainsbury's ultra-processed?

115g (5x23g) Dehydrated soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Mushroom Soup in a Cup with Croutons by Sainsbury's

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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Less processed dehydrated 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

potato starch, maltodextrin, palm oil, croutons 13% (fortified british wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), palm oil, salt, yeast, extracts of rosemary), yeast extract (barley), salt, mushroom 3.5%, potato, lactose (cows' milk), flavourings (cows' milk), mushroom, cows' milk protein, onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper, mushroom powder, parsley, caramelised sugar syrup, citric acid, llorgonc including cereals

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

potato starch, maltodextrin, palm oil, croutons (13%) (fortified british wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), palm oil, salt, yeast, antioxidant: extracts of rosemary), yeast extract (barley), salt, dried mushroom (3.5%), dried potato, lactose (cows' milk), flavourings (cows' milk), mushroom concentrate, cows' milk protein, onion powder, garlic powder, ground black pepper, mushroom powder, dried parsley, caramelised sugar syrup, acidity regulator: citric acid. llorgonc including cereals

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.

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

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 55 dehydrated soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 84% of the dehydrated 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 55 dehydrated soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00413336, last edited 31 August 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.