Is Pacific Foods Organic Tomato Basil Soup ultra-processed?

Soups Sold in the United States

Pack of Pacific Foods Organic Tomato Basil 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
  • 1 additive

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

water, soymilk base (water, soy beans), tomato concentrate, cane sugar (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), onion, high-oleic sunflower oil (processing marker), sodium citrate, garlic, spices, rice flour, bay leaf, basil oil

Additives: E331 Sodium citrates

As written on the pack

water, soymilk base (water, soy beans*)*, tomato concentrate*, cane sugar*, sea salt, onion*, high-oleic sunflower oil*, sodium citrate, garlic*, spices*, rice flour*, ground bay leaf*, basil oil*,

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 245th. 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 0052603040945, last edited 29 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.