Is Pacific Foods Organic Chicken Noodle Soup ultra-processed?

16.1oz Reheatable soups Sold in the United States

Pack of Pacific Foods Organic Chicken Noodle 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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

chicken stock, onions, carrots, chicken (chicken meat, water, cornstarch (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker)), egg noodles (wheat flour, eggs, egg whites), celery, peas, cornstarch (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), garlic, spices, to heat (microwave), microwaves vary

As written on the pack

chicken stock*, onions, carrots*, diced chicken* (chicken meat*, water, cornstarch, sea salt), egg noodles* (wheat flour*, eggs, egg whites*), celery*, peas*, cornstarch*, sea salt, garlic, spices*. *organic contains: egg, wheat to heat: microwave: microwaves vary

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

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 85 reheatable soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 42% of the reheatable 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 85 reheatable soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0052603283663, last edited 14 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.