Is Waitrose Spicy Red Lentil Soup ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 52 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score A
Less processed fruits and vegetables based foods
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, tomato, red lentils 7%, onion, carrot, potato, red pepper, celery, tomato juice, cornflour, tomato purée, spices, salt (processing marker), rapeseed oil, coriander leaf, yeast extract powder, garlic purée, onion, leek, carrot extract, sunflower oil (processing marker), parsnip, red chillies, bay leaf, black pepper, lovage, white pepper ALLERGY ADVICE (NUTRITION TYPICAL VALUES AS PREPARED PER PER Preparation), To open, pull tab on rim to COOKING INSTRUCTIONS (microwave o (6 mins)), cat e 900w 5%, cate microwave frozen (catd 800w, 13 (12 mins)), cate 1000w (12 mins), Microw refer to handbook, Remove lid toy the and place on a microwaveable plate S After heating, stir and stand for 2 minutes Dea hot throughout before serving Do not re HOB CHILLED (gentle heat, 56mins pan, Heat gently), stirring occasionally un serving, Do not reheat once cooled STORAGE (Keep refrigerated below 100g 1, 2 POT opened), consume within 2 days Dona 190 45 0.7g 571 by date, For use by date see lid 136 Freeze as soon after purchase a pa 2.1g within the use by date, Use within an 0.1g 0.39 Energy kj Energy kcal Fat
As written on the pack
Water, tomato, red lentils (7%), onion, carrot, potato, red pepper, celery, tomato juice, cornflour, tomato purée, spices, salt, rapeseed oil, coriander leaf, yeast extract powder, garlic purée, roasted onion purée, leek powder, carrot extract, sunflower oil, parsnip extract, dried red chillies, ground bay leaf, black pepper, lovage, white pepper ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens see ingredients in bold. NUTRITION TYPICAL VALUES AS PREPARED PER PER Preparation: To open, pull tab on rim to COOKING INSTRUCTIONS: MICROWAVE O (6 mins), CAT E 900W (5% mins), CATE MICROWAVE FROZEN: CATD 800W (13 (12 mins), CATE 1000W (12 mins) Microw refer to handbook. Remove lid toy the and place on a microwaveable plate S After heating, stir and stand for 2 minutes Dea hot throughout before serving Do not re HOB CHILLED: GENTLE HEAT (56mins pan. Heat gently, stirring occasionally un serving. Do not reheat once cooled STORAGE: Keep refrigerated below 100g 1/2 POT opened, consume within 2 days Dona 190 45 0.7g 571 by date. For use by date see lid 136 Freeze as soon after purchase a pa 2.1g within the use by date. Use within an 0.1g 0.39 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.
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 226 vegetable soups
From least to most processed, this one ranks 94th. 52% of the vegetable soups here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169605189, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.