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Is Sainsbury's Tomato & basil soup ultra-processed?

Tomato soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Tomato & basil 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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

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

Tomato 38%, Tomatoes 31%, Water, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Maize Starch, Basil 1%, Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder Salt, Double Cream (Cows' Milk), Paprika, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Tomato (38%), Diced Tomatoes (31%), Water, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Maize Starch, Basil (1.0%), Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder Salt, Double Cream (Cows' Milk), Paprika, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • 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 31 tomato soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 61% of the tomato 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 31 tomato soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01851083, 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.