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Is Progresso Creamy Chicken & Homestyle Noodles Soup ultra-processed?

524g Soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable) Sold in the United States and Germany

Pack of Progresso Creamy Chicken & Homestyle Noodles Soup

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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable)

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

Chicken Broth, Carrots, White Chicken Meat, Egg Noodle (semolina wheat, egg, egg white), Celery, Modified Food Starch, About 2 serving, Contains less than 2% of (Soybean Oil Serving size Salt), Water, Maltodextrin, Chicken Fat, Sugar, Cream, Flavoring, Potassium Chloride, Soy Protein, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavor, Whey Powder, Onion, Whey Protein, Soy Protein Isolate, Garlic, Sodium Phosphate, Parsley, Spice, Chicken, Buttermilk, Butter, Guar Gum, Beta Carotene (color), FROM ARTIFICIAL SOURCES Dried CAUTION (edges are sharp when opened do not use if tab is lifted questions), COMMENTS? SAVE CAN and CALL 1-800-828, ingredients, Calories Total Fat Saturated Fat Trans Fat Cholesterol

Additives: E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Chicken Broth, Carrots, Cooked White Chicken Meat, Egg Noodle (semolina wheat, egg, egg white), Celery, Modified Food Starch. About 2 serving Contains less than 2% of: Soybean Oil Serving size Salt, Water, Maltodextrin, Chicken Fat, Sugar, Cream, Flavoring, Potassium Chloride, Soy Protein Concentrate, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavor, Whey Powder, Onion Powder, Whey Protein Concentrate, Soy Protein Isolate, Roasted Garlic*, Sodium Phosphate, Parsley*, Spice, Chicken*, Buttermilk*, Butter, Guar Gum, Beta Carotene (color). FROM ARTIFICIAL SOURCES Dried CAUTION: EDGES ARE SHARP WHEN OPENED DO NOT USE IF TAB IS LIFTED QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? SAVE CAN AND CALL 1-800-828-3291 DE HABLA ESPANOL General Mills CONTAINS EGG, MILK, SOY AND WHEAT INGREDIENTS. Calories Total Fat Saturated Fat Trans Fat Cholesterol

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • 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.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 soups (prepared) (Shelf Stable)

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 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 0041196133080, last edited 3 September 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.