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Is Tesco Scotch Broth ultra-processed?

400g Canned soups Sold in the United Kingdom

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
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed canned 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

water, vegetable 18%, mutton 5%, pearl barley, les modified maize srch, onion, wheat flour (wheat flour calcium carboners iron, niacin, thiamin), yeast extract, le powder, salt, onth powder, garlic, parsley, dried glucose syrup, white pepper, flavourings, basil extract, vegetables in vaing proportions (carrot), potato, orio garden peas, s de, made using british mutton, including cereals containing gluten, nutrition as sold typical values energy fat

As written on the pack

water, vegetable 18%), mutton (5%), pearl barley. les modified maize srch, onion, wheat flour [wheat flour calcium carboners iron, niacin, thiamin], yeast extract, le powder, salt, onth powder, garlic powder, parsley, dried glucose syrup, white pepper, flavourings, basil extract. vegetables in vaing proportions: carrot, potato, orio garden peas, s de. made using british mutton. allergy advice for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. nutrition as sold typical values energy fat 1.4g

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.

  • 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.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 189 canned soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 126th. 68% of the canned 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 189 canned soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000436960133, last edited 14 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.