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Is Simple Truth Organic Free Range Chicken Broth ultra-processed?

32 oz Liquid chicken broths Sold in the United States

Pack of Simple Truth Organic Free Range Chicken Broth

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed liquid chicken broths

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, chicken flavor, onion, sea salt, cane sugar, yeast extract, garlic, olive oil, turmeric (color), flavor, do not purchase if tamper-evident ring is broken, unscrewing cap breaks foil seal, store unopened carton at room temperature, promptly refrigerate unused portion once opened

As written on the pack

water, organic chicken flavor, organic onion powder, sea salt, organic cane sugar, yeast extract, organic garlic powder, organic olive oil, organic turmeric (color), organic flavor. do not purchase if tamper-evident ring is broken, unscrewing cap breaks foil seal. store unopened carton at room temperature. promptly refrigerate unused portion once opened

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.

  • 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.
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 9 liquid chicken broths

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 67% of the liquid chicken broths 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 9 liquid chicken broths, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0011110049636, last edited 27 January 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.