Progresso Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Vegetable Soup

Vegetable Soup: 4.3/5 ingredient safety

Vegetable Soup by Progresso has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.

  • Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Meals / Soups

How This Score Is Built

Vegetable Soup 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 Vegetable Soup sits nationally

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

4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% 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

4.3
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.3 out of 5
Based on 4 tracked ingredients
4
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
4
Low Risk / Safe
C
Nutri-Score

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 broth, potatoes*, onions, celery, modified food starch. contains less than 2% of: salt, soybean oil, cream, cooked bacon (cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium nitrite, natural smoke flavor, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium ascorbate), canola oil, whey, artificial color, sugar, cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes)*, maltodextrin, natural flavor, soy protein concentrate, xanthan gum, nonfat milk*, butter, yeast extract, whey protein concentrate, sodium phosphate, corn protein (hydrolyzed), garlic*, fermented whey, spice, sweetened condensed milk* (sugar, milk), enzyme modified milk, chives*, bacon fat, blue cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes)*, butter oil, extractives of tumeric, annatto extract (color), corn syrup solids.*dried

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Vegetable Soup: 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

Barcode
0041196412017
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Vegetable Soup above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Vegetable Soup's 4.3/5 average puts it in the safer 62%, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Vegetable Soup's 4.3/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Vegetable Soup's 4.3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk 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.