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Is Trader Joe's Lentil Soup with Ancient Grains ultra-processed?

20 oz Lentil soups Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Trader Joe's Lentil Soup with Ancient Grains

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • 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, lentils, onions, carrots, celery, tomato paste (tomatoes, citric acid), olive oil, extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar (wine vinegar, grape must), garlic, sea salt, millet, quinoa, amaranth, flax seeds, lemon juice, paprika, parsley, dried marjoram, black pepper, cumin, nutmeg, dried basil, bay leaves, cloves

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

WATER, LENTILS, ONIONS, CARROTS, CELERY, TOMATO PASTE (TOMATOES, CITRIC ACID), OLIVE OIL, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, BALSAMIC VINEGAR (WINE VINEGAR, GRAPE MUST), GARLIC, SEA SALT, MILLET, QUINOA, AMARANTH, FLAX SEEDS, LEMON JUICE, PAPRIKA, PARSLEY, DRIED MARJORAM, BLACK PEPPER, CUMIN, NUTMEG, DRIED BASIL, BAY LEAVES, CLOVES

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 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 23 lentil soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 30% of the lentil 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 23 lentil soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00936798, last edited 23 September 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.