Organic Vegetable Lentil Soup

How it scored 75 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 19 listed

• 1 Water
  Water intended for human consumption; the most common ingredient in processed foods and beverages. Bottled water is regulated as a food unde…
  Safe
• 2 Green Lentils
  Lentils (Lens culinaris) with green seed coats, a pulse legume.
  Safe
• 3 Tomato Purée
  Concentrated cooked tomato product with skin and seeds removed.
  Safe
• 4 Onion
  The edible bulb of Allium cepa L., a widely cultivated vegetable in the Allium family that also includes garlic, shallots, and leeks.
  Safe
• 5 Black Bean
  Whole legume; seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris (black turtle bean).
  Safe
• 6 Tomato
  Fruit of the Solanum lycopersicum plant.
  Safe
• 7 Red Bell Pepper
  Mature, ripe fruit of the sweet (non-pungent) Capsicum annuum cultivar.
  Safe
• 8 Celery
  Celery (Apium graveolens) is a marshland plant used as a vegetable.
  Low
• 9 Corn
  Edible cereal grain from Zea mays.
  Safe
• 10 Corn Starch
  Starch isolated from the endosperm of corn kernels. Composed of amylose and amylopectin (glucose polymers).
  Low
• 11 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 12 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 13 Cane Sugar
  Sucrose (a disaccharide of glucose and fructose) crystallized from sugar cane juice; chemically identical to beet sugar.
  Moderate
• 14 Apple Cider Vinegar
  Vinegar produced by fermenting apple juice; principal acid is acetic acid.
  Safe
• 15 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 16 Chili Pepper
  Fruits of plants in the genus Capsicum used as a spice.
  Safe
• 17 Tomato Concentrate
  Concentrated tomato product made by removing water from tomato juice/pulp; includes paste and puree.
  Safe
• 18 Tomato Juice
  Liquid extracted from ripe tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), often with added salt and sometimes seasonings.
  Safe
• 19 Citric Acid
  Citric acid (E330), a weak organic acid naturally present in citrus fruit and produced commercially via Aspergillus niger fermentation.
  Low