Is Pacific Organic low sodium vegetable broth ultra-processed?

Vegetable broths Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt

13 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score A

Less processed broths

Organic Chicken Bone Broth Bonafide Provisions 10 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Organic chicken bone broth Gourmand 8 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Vegetable broth and seasoning Seitenbacher 15 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Tri Color Quinoa Greenwise Publix 3 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1

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, carrots, celery, onions, leeks, tomato puree (tomatoes, sea salt (processing marker), citric acid), mushrooms, garlic, spices, sea salt (processing marker)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

water, carrots*, celery*, onions*, leeks*, tomato puree (tomatoes*, sea salt, citric acid)*, mushrooms*, garlic*, spices*, sea salt,

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.

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 60 vegetable broths

From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 65% of the vegetable broths 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 60 vegetable broths, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0052603054508, last edited 18 May 2025), 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.