Is Yeo Valley Leek & Potato Soup ultra-processed?

400g Soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Yeo Valley Leek & Potato 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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, potato 22%, leek (148), milk, mature cheddar cheese (processing marker) 8%, onion, double cream 2%, garlic purée, sea salt (processing marker), parsley, white pepper, rosemary, thyme, Permitted non

As written on the pack

Water*, organic potato (22%), organic whole organic leek (148) MILK, organic mature cheddar cheese (8%) (MILK), organic onion, organic double cream (2%) (MILK), organic garlic purée, sea salt*, organic parsley, organic white pepper, organic rosemary, organic thyme. *Permitted non-organic ingredient

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.

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 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 67th. 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 5036589255475, last edited 5 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.