Spicy Beef and Vegetable Soup

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Spicy Beef and Vegetable Soup scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Other Additives (Fern Sprout (Royal Fern, Water, Salt, Vitamin C, Citric Acid)): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
• Natural Flavors (Monosodium Glutamate): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Flavor Enhancers (Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate): Industrial flavor enhancement 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 Spicy Beef and Vegetable 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.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Red Pepper Seasoning (Shortening (Beef Fat And Soybean Oil, Propyl Gallate And Citric Acid Added To Protect Flavor, Dimethylpolysiloxane Added As An Anti-Foaming Agent), Red Pepper Powder, Garlic, Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate).

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soup Stock (Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Wheat Starch, Soy Sauce (Defatted Soybean, Corn Gluten), Sugar, Beef Tallow, Glucose, Maltodextrin, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Less Than 2% Natural & Artificial Flavor (Milk), Beef Bone Extract Powder, Beef Extract Powder, Spice, Oleoresin Black Pepper, Oleoresin Capsicum, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Citric Acid, Thiamine Hydrochloride).

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.