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Is Tesco Finest Sun dried tomato and lentil soup ultra-processed?

Reheatable soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Finest Sun dried tomato and 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:

  • 50 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tomato, Vegetable Stock (Water, Sugar, Salt, Carrot Concentrate, Onion, Sunflower Oil, Cornflour, Leek, Celery, Garlic, Nutmeg Oill, Vegetables 15%, Carrot, Onion, Celery, Kalel, Tomato Purée, Lentils 7%, Green Lentils, Red Lentils), Red Pepper, Tomato Paste 3% (Sundried Tomatoes, Sunflower Oil, Tomato Concentrate, Sugar, Sea Salt, Garlic, Oregano, Basil, Salt), Tomato Juice, Red gand pouring Wine, Rapeseed Oil, Potato Starch, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Roast Garlic Purée, Sugar, Spices, Basil, Salt, Red Pepper, Smoked Salt, Black Pepper, Powder, Oregano, Red Pepper, Olive Oil

As written on the pack

Tomato, Vegetable Stock [Water, Sugar, Salt, Carrot Concentrate, Onion Concentrate, Sunflower Oil, Cornflour, Leek Concentrate, Celery Concentrate, Garlic Concentrate, Nutmeg Oill, Vegetables (15%) [Carrot, Onion, Celery, Kalel, Tomato Purée, Lentils (7%) [Green Lentils, Red Lentils], Red Pepper, Sundried Tomato Paste (3%) [Sundried Tomatoes, Sunflower Oil, Tomato Concentrate, Sugar, Sea Salt, Garlic, Oregano, Basil, Salt], Tomato Juice, Red gand pouring Wine, Rapeseed Oil, Potato Starch, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Roast Garlic Purée, Sugar, Spices, Basil, Salt, Red Pepper. Smoked Salt, Black Pepper. Powder, Oregano, Red Pepper Concentrate, Olive Oil

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

From least to most processed, this one ranks 39th. 42% of the reheatable 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 85 reheatable soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5051399672427, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.