Lentil And Vegetable Soup

Name: Lentil And Vegetable Soup
Brand: Fray Bentos

Fray Bentos

5012427690400

Processing

Ultra-processed

Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale

Additives listed

0 we grade moderate or higher

Counted from the label, not by quantity

Salt per 100g

0.46g

Medium

UK FSA front of pack threshold

Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.

Additives (1)

This label lists 1 acidity regulator.

E330 Citric acid
Acidity regulator No real concern strong evidence

What it is. A mild acid found naturally in citrus fruit, made commercially by fermentation.

Why it is used. Adds tartness, balances flavour and helps preserve. One of the most used additives in food.

What the evidence says. Safe at food levels. No credible health concern for the additive itself.

Regulatory status UK Permitted EU Permitted US Permitted

Permitted freely.

Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E330

Ingredients

Water, Vegetables in varying proportions (21) (Carrot, Potato, Onions), Red Split Lentils (14%) (Lentils, Water), Cornflour, Salt, Tomato Paste, Sugar, Modified Maize Starch, Yeast Extract, Parsley, Onion Powder, Spices, Potato Starch, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Lovage Extract. Suitable for Vegans. Got any comments or questions? Give us a shout: Fray Bentos Foods Fochabers Berzyna 81 Scotland 64-200 Wolsztyn IV32 7LD Poland Tel: 0800 389 8389 make sure

As printed on the pack, in the producer's own order: ingredients are listed by weight, so what comes first is most of what is in it. E numbers link to their assessment where we have one.

Processing level

NOVA group 4: Ultra-processed

Industrial formulations with additives, isolates and ingredients you would not cook with at home. The strongest modern evidence links high intake of these to poorer health outcomes.

Nutrients per 100g

Fat

0.20g

Low

Saturates

0.10g

Low

Sugars

Low

Salt

0.46g

Medium

Judged on the UK FSA front of pack thresholds for solid foods. A dash means the source has no figure, which is not the same as a low one.

Where this came from

Product data from Open Food Facts, which is crowd sourced and can be incomplete or out of date. Photograph from the same source, under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike licence. Our copy is from 17 August 2026: Open Food Facts is checked every night, and a product is rewritten only when its record there has changed, so an older date means the source has not moved rather than that we stopped looking. Something wrong? Correcting it at the source fixes it here and everywhere else that uses the same data. If the problem is one of our additive assessments, tell us.

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