Is Rao's Slow Simmered Soup Pasta & Fagioli ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 30 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, italian whole peeled tomatoes (tomatoes, tomato juice), navy beans, dark red kidney beans, enriched ditalini pasta (durum semolina (wheat), egg white, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), carrots, celery, corn starch (processing marker), extra virgin olive oil (processing marker), onions, sea salt (processing marker), parmesan cheese (processing marker) (milk, cheese culture, salt (processing marker), enzymes), garlic, beef extract, basil, black pepper
As written on the pack
Water, italian whole peeled tomatoes (tomatoes, tomato juice), navy beans, dark red kidney beans, enriched ditalini pasta (durum semolina [wheat], egg white, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), carrots, celery, corn starch, extra virgin olive oil, onions, sea salt, parmesan cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), garlic, beef extract, basil, black pepper.
What makes it processed
Processed ingredients
Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- 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.
Among 190 canned soups
From least to most processed, this one ranks 53rd. 68% of the canned soups here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0747479400053, last edited 3 November 2025), 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.