Is Prague Cannery Tuscany-Style Minestrone ultra-processed?

Soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable) Sold in Canada

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Vegetable oil

28 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Carrots, Onions, Tomato paste, Tomatoes, Potatoes, Chick peas, White kidney beans, Romano beans, Red peppers, Red lentils, Peas, Green beans, Celery, Zucchini, rice, Amaranth, Raw cane sugar (processing marker), Olive oil (processing marker), Sea salt (processing marker), Spinach, Kale, Concentrated lemon ' juice, Onion, Basil, Spices, Yeast extract, garlic

As written on the pack

Water, Carrots, Onions, Tomato paste, Tomatoes, Potatoes, Chick peas, White kidney beans, Romano beans, Red peppers, Red lentils, Peas, Green beans, Celery, Zucchini, Whole grain rice, Amaranth, Raw cane sugar, Olive oil, Sea salt, Spinach, Kale, Concentrated lemon ' juice, Onion powder, Basil, Spices, Yeast extract, Granulated garlic.

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 9 soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable)

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 56% of the soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable) 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 9 soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable), least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0061148179164, last edited 10 June 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.