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Is Siljans Chark Ärtsoppa ultra-processed?

500 g Reheatable vegetable soups Sold in Sweden

Pack of Siljans Chark Ärtsoppa

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed reheatable vegetable 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

Vatten, gula ärtor 27%, griskött 11%, koksalt, bindväv från gris, lök, jästextrakt, glukossirap, socker, druvsocker, antioxidationsmedel (e301), konserveringsmedel (e250), kryddextrakt (libbsticka)

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate

As written on the pack

Vatten, gula ärtor (27%), griskött (11%), koksalt, bindväv från gris, lök, jästextrakt, glukossirap, socker, druvsocker, antioxidationsmedel E301, konserveringsmedel E250, kryddextrakt (libbsticka).

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
5 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 27 reheatable vegetable soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 24th. 41% of the reheatable 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 27 reheatable vegetable soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7316670024677, last edited 2 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.
  • 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.