Tops Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Condensed soup, cream of chicken

Condensed soup, cream of chicken: 3.5/5 ingredient safety

Condensed soup, cream of chicken by Tops has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.5 out of 5, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Canned foods / Meals / Soups / Canned meals / Canned soups

How This Score Is Built

Condensed soup, cream of chicken draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 4 of its 4 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where Condensed soup, cream of chicken sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3.5 Top 91% higher than 9% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

3.5
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3.5 out of 5
Based on 4 tracked ingredients
4
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
3
Low Risk / Safe
C
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

Chicken stock, wheat flour, cooked chicken meat, cream, salt, whey protein concentrate (milk), modified corn starch, corn starch, water, chicken fat, buttermilk powder, monosodium glutamate, sugar, cooked chicken skins, onion powder, natural flavor, lipolyzed milk fat, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, autolyzed yeast extract, cultured whey (milk), egg yolks, soy lecithin, beta carotene (for color), mono, di, triglycerides, canola oil, soybean oil.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Condensed soup, cream of chicken: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Brand
Tops
Barcode
0007078425200
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Condensed soup, cream of chicken rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Condensed soup, cream of chicken's 3.5/5 average puts it in the lower 91%, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 3.5/5 ingredient safety score mean?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Condensed soup, cream of chicken's 3.5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.