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Is Progresso Chicken Noodle ultra-processed?

524g Canned soups Sold in the United States

Pack of Progresso Chicken Noodle

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 1 additive

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Chicken broth, carrots, white chicken meat, egg noodle (semolina wheat, wheat flour, egg), celery, contains less than 2% of (water), corn protein (hydrolyzed), salt, chicken fat, xanthan gum, egg white, carrot, modified food starch, potassium chloride, onion powder, sugar, tomato, soy protein isolate, sodium phosphate, garlic powder, parsley, maltodextrin, spice, flavoring, chives, natural flavor, beta carotene (color), dried

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Chicken broth, carrots, cooked white chicken meat, egg noodle (semolina wheat, wheat flour, egg*), celery. contains less than 2% of: water, corn protein (hydrolyzed), salt, chicken fat, xanthan gum, egg white*, carrot puree, modified food starch, potassium chloride, onion powder, sugar, tomato extract, soy protein isolate, sodium phosphate, garlic powder, parsley*, maltodextrin, spice, flavoring, chives*, natural flavor, beta carotene (color).*dried

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 189 canned soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 172nd. 68% of the canned 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 189 canned soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041196404821, last edited 10 August 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.