Is Waitrose Pea and Ham Hock Soup ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 40 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, peas 26%, potato, onion, cooked British ham hock Preparation (To open pul COOKING INSTRUCTIONS), microw 6%, pork hock, salt (processing marker), antioxidant (sodium (6 mins), cat e 900w (5 min), ascorbate), preservatives (processing marker) (sodium nitrite (processing marker), Microwave ovens vary.refer Lay the lid back onto the pot, potassium nitrate (processing marker)), cornflour, yeast extract powder, buffering agent (sodium plate, Stir halfway through heating bicarbonate), onion, salt (processing marker), stand for 2 minutes, Check foods before serving, Do not reheat on HOB CHILLED (GENTLE HEAT S leek powder), carrot extract, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil (processing marker), mint, parsnip, white pepper, lovage a pan, Heat gently, stirring occasion Stir before serving, Do not retet NUTRITION TYPICAL VALUES AS PREPARED Energy kj Energy kcal Fat
Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate
As written on the pack
Water, peas (26%). potato, onion, cooked British ham hock Preparation: To open pul COOKING INSTRUCTIONS: MICROW (6%) (pork hock, salt, antioxidant (sodium (6 mins), CAT E 900W (5 min), ascorbate), preservatives (sodium nitrite, Microwave ovens vary.refer Lay the lid back onto the pot and potassium nitrate)), cornflour, yeast extract powder, buffering agent (sodium plate. Stir halfway through heating bicarbonate), roasted onion purée, salt, stand for 2 minutes. Check foods before serving. Do not reheat on HOB CHILLED: GENTLE HEAT S leek powder, carrot extract, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, mint, parsnip extract, white pepper, lovage a pan. Heat gently, stirring occasion Stir before serving. Do not retet NUTRITION TYPICAL VALUES AS PREPARED Energy kj Energy kcal Fat
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.
Preservation and traditional processing
Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.
- E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- E252 Potassium nitrate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
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.
Among 85 reheatable soups
From least to most processed, this one ranks 49th. 42% of the reheatable soups here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169605165, last edited 27 March 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.