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Is Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Chicken, 'nduja & Kale Soup ultra-processed?

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Pack of Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Chicken, 'nduja & Kale 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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Water, Tomato 22%, British Chicken 6%, Onion, Carrot, Cannellini Beans 5%, Pinto Beans 5%, Kale 3%, Tomato Puree, Garlic Puree, Calabrian 'Nduja Spicy Sausage Paste 1.5% (Pork, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Chilli Pepper, Smoked Paprika, Salt, Paprika, Dextrose), Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Salt, Sugar, Fennel, Smoked Paprika, Oregano, Thyme, Chicken Stock (Water, Chicken Bones), Bay Leaf

As written on the pack

Water, Tomato (22%), British Chicken (6%), Onion, Carrot, Cannellini Beans (5%), Pinto Beans (5%), Kale (3%), Tomato Puree, Garlic Puree, Calabrian 'Nduja Spicy Sausage Paste (1.5%) (Pork, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Chilli Pepper, Smoked Paprika, Salt, Paprika, Dextrose), Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Salt, Sugar, Fennel Powder, Smoked Paprika, Oregano, Thyme Leaves, Chicken Stock (Water, Chicken Bones), Powdered Bay Leaf

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 403rd. 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 00438353, last edited 8 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.
  • 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.