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Is Tideford Organics Moroccan spiced chickpea soup ultra-processed?

600g Vegetable soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tideford Organics Moroccan spiced chickpea 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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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, Chopped Tomatoes 15%, Chickpeas 12%, Red Lentils 9%, Onion 4%, Green Pepper, Creamed Coconut, Dried Apricot 1% (apricot, rice flour), Vegetable Bouillon (salt, rice flour, onion, parsnip, carrot, olive oil, turmeric, parsley), Coriander, Cornflour, Garlic, Sunflower Oil, Cumin Seeds, Smoked Paprika, Black Onion Seeds, Ginger, denotes non

As written on the pack

*Water, Chopped Tomatoes (15%), Chickpeas (12%), Red Lentils (9%), Onion (4%), Green Pepper, Creamed Coconut, Dried Apricot (1%) (apricot, rice flour), Vegetable Bouillon (*salt, rice flour, onion, parsnip, carrot, olive oil, turmeric, parsley), Coriander, Cornflour, Garlic, Sunflower Oil, Cumin Seeds, Smoked Paprika, Black Onion Seeds, Ginger. *denotes non-organic ingredients

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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • 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 226 vegetable soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 76th. 52% of the vegetable 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 226 vegetable soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5034124006308, last edited 26 June 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.