Chef's Recipe Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Chef's Recipe Broccoli Cheddar Soup scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Starches (Modified Food Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Shredded White Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes, Potato Starch, Powdered Cellulose Added To Prevent Caking, Natamycin (Natural Mold Inhibitor))): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Soup & Chili, this product is more processed than about 64% of the 7,596 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Chef's Recipe Broccoli Cheddar Soup's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Maltodextrin, Chicken Base (Salt, Corn Starch, Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Monosodium Glutamate, Shortening [Partially Hydrogenated, Soybean And Cottonseed Oils, Tbhq And Citric Acid Added To Protect Flavor], Onion Powder, Chicken Fat, Beef Fat, Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten With Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oil, Disodium Phosphate, Spice And Color, Garlic Powder, Natural Flavorings, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.