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Is Rao's Italian Style Slow Simmered Soup Italian Wedding with Meatballs ultra-processed?

16 oz Canned soups Sold in the United States

Pack of Rao's Italian Style Slow Simmered Soup Italian Wedding with Meatballs

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:

  • 44 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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, meatballs (beef, pork, eggs, bread crumbs (wheat flour), water, romano cheese (sheep's, cow's milk, rennet, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), dehydrated onion, salt, cane sugar, natural flavor, parsley), carrots, enriched acini di pepe (semolina (wheat), egg white, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), spinach, onions, corn starch, chicken fat, sea salt, potassium chloride, parmesan cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), extra virgin olive oil, parsley, black pepper

As written on the pack

Chicken broth, meatballs (beef and pork, eggs, bread crumbs [unbleached wheat flour], water, romano cheese [sheep's and cow's milk, rennet, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes], dehydrated onion, salt, dried cane sugar, natural flavor, parsley), carrots, enriched acini di pepe (semolina [wheat], egg white, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), spinach, onions, corn starch, chicken fat, sea salt, potassium chloride, parmesan cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), extra virgin olive oil, parsley, black pepper.

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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 190 canned soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 94th. 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 190 canned soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0747479400022, last edited 29 March 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.