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Is Suma Spicy Lentil Soup ultra-processed?

400 g Lentil soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Suma Spicy Lentil 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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • No additives
  • 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

Water, Red Lentils 22%, Carrots, Corn Syrup, Sunflower Oil, Onion, Vegetable Bouillon (Rice Flour, Sea Salt, Yeast Extract, Dried Vegetable, Vegetable Juice (Onion, Carrot, Parsnip, Mushroom, Pumpkin), Sunflower Oil, Turmeric, Parsley, Lovage, Garlic, Fennel Seeds), Cumin Powder Coriander, Black Pepper, Chilli

As written on the pack

Water, Red Lentils* (22%), Carrots, Corn Syrup*, Sunflower Oil*, Onion Powder*, Vegetable Bouillon* (Rice Flour*, Sea Salt, Yeast Extract, Dried Vegetable & Concentrated Vegetable Juice* [Onion*, Carrot*, Parsnip*, Mushroom*, Pumpkin*], Sunflower Oil*, Turmeric*, Parsley*, Lovage*, Garlic, Fennel Seeds*), Cumin Powder* Coriander*, Black Pepper*, Chilli Powder. *From organic farming

What makes it processed

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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 23 lentil soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 30% of the lentil 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 23 lentil soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5017601041955, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.