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Is Tesco Mushroom And Croutons Soup In A Mug ultra-processed?

5 x 26g Mushroom soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Mushroom And Croutons Soup In A Mug

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
  • 7 additives

Less processed mushroom soups

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

Dried Glucose Syrup, Maize Starch, Palm Oil, Potato Starch, Croutons 11% (Wheat Flour, Palm Oil, Salt, Yeast, Antioxidant (Extracts of Rosemary)), Flavourings (contain Barley), Maltodextrin, Salt, Mushroom 3%, Sugar, Mushroom Powder, Milk Proteins, Stabilisers (Dipotassium Phosphate, Trisodium Citrate), Onion Powder, Parsley, Sugar, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin

Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E331 Sodium citrates , E331iii Trisodium citrate , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Dried Glucose Syrup, Maize Starch, Palm Oil, Potato Starch, Croutons (11%) [Wheat Flour, Palm Oil, Salt, Yeast. Antioxidant (Extracts of Rosemary)], Flavourings (contain Barley), Maltodextrin, Salt. Dried Mushroom (3%), Sugar, Mushroom Powder, Milk Proteins. Stabilisers (Dipotassium Phosphate, Trisodium Citrate), Onion Powder, Dried Parsley, Caramelised Sugar Powder. Wheat Flour contains: Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin.

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.

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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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 10 mushroom soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 80% of the mushroom 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 10 mushroom soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057373815736, last edited 2 August 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.