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Is Pacific Foods Organic Vegetable Lentil Soup ultra-processed?

16.3 oz 463g Lentil soups Sold in the United States

Pack of Pacific Foods Organic Vegetable Lentil 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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed fruits and vegetables based foods

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

water, green lentils, tomato puree (water, tomato paste"), onions, black beans", tomatoes (tomatoes, tomato juice, citric acid), red peppers, celery, corn", cornstarch, salt, garlic", cane sugar, apple cider vinegar, spices, chili pepper, to heat (microwave), microwaves vary

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

water, green lentils*, tomato puree* (water, tomato paste"), onions*, black beans", diced tomatoes (tomatoes*, tomato juice*, citric acid), roasted red peppers*, celery*, corn", cornstarch, salt, garlic", cane sugar, apple cider vinegar, spices*, chili pepper*. *organic 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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 23 lentil soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 30% of the lentil 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 23 lentil soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0052603283694, last edited 12 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.