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Is Panera Bread CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP All White Meat Chicken ultra-processed?

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Pack of Panera Bread CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP All White Meat Chicken

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:

  • 45 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, tomatoes (tomatoes, citric acid), black beans (black beans, water, salt, ferrous gluconate, calcium chloride (to maintain firmness)), corn, chicken raised without antibiotics (chicken, water, rice starch, salt), onions, poblano peppers, tortilla (stone-ground corn, sunflower oil, salt), seasoning (salt, sugar, chili pepper, potato flour, dehydrated onion, chicken broth, chicken, yeast extract, spice, garlic, turmeric, natural flavor, paprika, citric acid), contains 2% and less of (lime juice), garlic, cilantro, corn starch, nisin preparation, spices

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E579 Iron gluconate

As written on the pack

Water, tomatoes (tomatoes, citric acid), black beans (black beans, water, salt, ferrous gluconate, calcium chloride [to maintain firmness]), corn, chicken raised without antibiotics (chicken, water, rice starch, salt), onions, poblano peppers, tortilla chips (stone-ground corn, sunflower oil, salt), seasoning (salt, sugar, chili pepper, potato flour, dehydrated onion, chicken broth, cooked chicken, yeast extract, spice, dehydrated garlic, extractives of turmeric, natural flavor, extractives of paprika, citric acid), contains 2% or less of: lime juice, garlic, cilantro, corn starch, nisin preparation and spices.

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.
6 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 367th. 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 0077958690645, last edited 16 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.