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Is Tesco Cream of chicken soup ultra-processed?

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Pack of Tesco Cream of chicken soup

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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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

niacin, thiamin, chicken fat, double cream, 0 62% milk proteins, potato starch, yeast extract, salt, flavourings, chicken, onion, garlic powder white pepper, sage oil, colours (carotenes, paprika extract), sugar, lemon juice, glucose syrup, sage, garlic dues extract, rosemary extract, made using british chicken, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bald, caution althouh every care has been taken to remove chicken bones, some may remain, nutrition as sold typical valuns per 2 of aan jpg2192335

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160c Paprika extract , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

niacin, thiamin], chicken fat, double cream (milk) (0 62% milk proteins, potato starch, yeast extract, salt. flavourings, chicken extract, onion powder, garlic powder white pepper, sage oil, colours (carotenes, paprika extract), sugar, lemon juice, glucose syrup, sage, garlic dues extract, rosemary extract. made using british chicken. allergy advice for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bald. caution althouh every care has been taken to remove chicken bones, some may remain. nutrition as sold typical valuns per 2 of aan jpg2192335 100g

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.

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.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 641st. 63% of the 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 722 soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000436960195, 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.