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Is Sainsbury's taste the difference Tomato and basil pesto soup ultra-processed?

Vegetable soups Sold in the United Kingdom and the United States

Pack of Sainsbury's taste the difference Tomato and basil pesto soup

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 15 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed fruits and vegetables based foods

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 35%, Onion, Maize Starch, Sugar, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Cows' Milk), Basil 20%, Pine Kernels 15%, Salt, Garlic Purée, Yeast Extract, Cider Vinegar, Black Pepper, Allorou advice for allereens see ingredients in bold

As written on the pack

Water, Tomato (35%), Onion, Maize Starch, Sugar, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Cows' Milk) (20%), Basil (20%), Pine Kernels (15%), Salt, Garlic Purée, Yeast Extract, Cider Vinegar, Black Pepper. Allorou advice for allereens see ingredients in bold.

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 226 vegetable soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 29th. 52% of the vegetable 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 226 vegetable soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00518444, last edited 5 April 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.