Is Trader Joe's Organic Creamy Tomato Soup ultra-processed?

240 ml Soups Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

17 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed 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

reduced fat milk, water, tomato paste, cane sugar (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), sodium citrate, rice flour, cheese flavor (ultra-processing marker) (cheddar cheese (processing marker) (milk, cultures, salt (processing marker), enzymes), water, salt (processing marker), sodium citrate, xantham gum)

Additives: E331 Sodium citrates

As written on the pack

ORGANIC REDUCED FAT MILK, WATER, ORGANIC TOMATO PASTE, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, SEA SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, ORGANIC RICE FLOUR, ORGANIC CHEESE FLAVOR (ORGANIC CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, XANTHAM GUM),

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.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 351st. 63% of the 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 722 soups, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00290906, last edited 1 October 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.