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Is Progresso Savory Chicken & Wild Rice ultra-processed?

18.5 oz (524 g) Soups Sold in the United States

Pack of Progresso Savory Chicken & Wild Rice

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed soups

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, cooked wild rice (wild rice, water), cooked rice (water, rice), tomatoes, celery, contains less than 2% of (modified food starch), corn protein (hydrolyzed), water, potassium chloride, salt, onion powder, carrot, sugar, tomato, garlic powder, soy protein isolate, sodium phosphate, parsley, flavoring, calcium chloride, citric acid, natural flavor, beta carotene (color)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

chicken broth, carrots, cooked white chicken meat, cooked wild rice (wild rice, water), cooked rice (water, rice), tomatoes, celery, contains less than 2% of: modified food starch, corn protein (hydrolyzed), water, potassium chloride, salt, onion powder, carrot puree, sugar, tomato extract, garlic powder, soy protein isolate, sodium phosphate, dried parsley, flavoring, calcium chloride, citric acid, natural flavor, beta carotene (color),

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.

  • 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.
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 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 492nd. 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 0041196740745, last edited 26 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.