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Is Waitrose Pea Edamame & Spinach Soup ultra-processed?

400g Vegetable soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Pea Edamame & Spinach 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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • No additives

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, peas 14%, edamame beans, potato, maize starch, onions, green split peas, spinach, crème fraîche, sea salt, garlic purée, black pepper ALLERGY ADVICE (For allergens see ingredients in boldo R=%)

As written on the pack

Water, peas (14%), edamame beans (soya) (4%), potato, maize starch, onions, green split peas, spinach, crème fraîche (milk), sea salt, garlic purée, black pepper ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens see ingredients in boldo R=%

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

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 21st. 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 5000169561270, last edited 25 May 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.