Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup

Name: Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup
Brand: Campbell's

0Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 2 contaminants flagged · 6 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Campbell's Condensed Chicken Noodle & Pasta

100

Contaminants

Substances that do not belong in food

−106

bisphenol a (bpa)−80

total ortho-phthalates−26

Ingredients

−59

folic acid−8

modified food starch−8

flavoring−7

yeast extract−7

soy protein isolate−7

7 more deductions−22

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+75

Minimum score+75

Final score0

Contaminants · 2

1 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Campbell's Condensed Chicken Noodle & Pasta

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Bisphenol a (BPA)102 ppbof 1 ppb

Over the limit — 102×EU Reg. (EU) 2024/3190 — BPA banned in food-contact materials from 20 Jan 2025 (old 0.05 mg/kg SML repealed); the residual exemptions require NO detectable migration at a 1 ug/kg detection limit. 1 ppb is therefore the tightest published number.

Measured in: Condensed Chicken Noodle Soup

Total ortho-Phthalates23.7 ppbfound

Detected · no published limit

Measured in: Condensed Chicken Noodle Soup

Ingredients · 26

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Common questions

Is Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup healthy?

Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup scores 0/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Campbell's Condensed Chicken Noodle & Pasta. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup?

Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup lists 26 ingredients, starting with Chicken Stock, Wheat Flour, Egg Whites, Niacin and Ferrous Sulfate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup?

Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup compare to other soups & broths?

At 0/100 Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup scores worse than most soups & broths we have scored. A higher-scoring option in soups & broths is Pacific Foods Organic Unsalted Chicken Bone Broth, 3 x 32 oz at 98/100.

Is Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup organic?

Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup is not certified organic in our data.

Has Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Condensed chicken stock soup with enriched wheat egg noodles/pasta, chicken meat; no rice, cocoa, cinnamon, nut or seaweed) with the other products in its family, Campbell's Condensed Chicken Noodle & Pasta, and 3 products in its family have been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup contain phthalates?

Campbell's Condensed Chicken & Stars Soup itself has not been tested for phthalates, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected total ortho-phthalates at 23.7 ppb in Condensed Chicken Noodle Soup. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.