Is Specially Selected Tomato & Chorizo Soup ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 41 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, Tomato Paste 13%, Chorizo 3% (Pork, Salt (processing marker), Paprika, Preservative (processing marker) (Sodium Lactate (ultra-processing marker)), Garlic, Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Acidity Regulator (Glucono-Delta-Lactone), Milk Proteins (ultra-processing marker), Oregano, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate)), Sugar (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Double Cream, Whole Milk, Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Maize Starch (processing marker), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Skimmed Milk Powder (processing marker), Garlic Puree, Salt (processing marker), Paprika, Yeast Extract, Onion, Garlic, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Paprika, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Cayenne Pepper, Chilli Peppers
Additives: E301 Sodium ascorbate , E325 Sodium lactate , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Water, Tomato Paste 13%, Chorizo 3% (Pork, Salt, Paprika, Preservative(Sodium Lactate), Garlic, Dextrose, Acidity Regulator(Glucono-Delta-Lactone) Milk Proteins, Oregano, Antioxidant(Sodium Ascorbate)), Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Double Cream, Whole Milk, Modified Maize Starch, Maize Starch, Wheat Flour(Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Skimmed Milk Powder, Garlic Puree, Salt, Ground Paprika, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Acidity Regulator(Citric Acid), Paprika, Flavouring, Cayenne Pepper, Chilli Peppers
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.
- E325 Sodium lactate Antioxidants are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by oxidation, such as fat rancidity and colour changes.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
6 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- 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.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 722 soups
From least to most processed, this one ranks 642nd. 63% of the soups here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600050515, last edited 27 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.