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Is Sainsbury's Chunky Chicken and Veg Soup ultra-processed?

Canned soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Chunky Chicken and Veg 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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed canned 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

Water, Potato 11%, British Chicken, 119 Carrot 11%, Onion 6%, Garden Peas 5%, Modified Maize Starch Tomatoes, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Yeast Extract, Onion, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Flavouring, Parsiey, Sugar, Garlic, Leek, White Pepper, Sage, Colour (Carotenes), Parsley

Additives: E160a Carotene

As written on the pack

Water, Potato (11%), British Chicken (119 Carrot (11%), Onion (6%), Garden Peas (5%), Modified Maize Starch Tomatoes, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Flavouring, Parsiey, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Leek Powder, White Pepper, Sage Extract, Colour: Carotenes, Parsley Extract

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • 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.
3 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 190 canned soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 130th. 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 01851175, last edited 5 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.