Vegetable Minestrone

How it scored 100 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 38 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 Carrot
  Edible taproot of the Daucus carota plant.
  Safe
• 3 Peeled Tomatoes
  Whole or chopped tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) with skin removed, typically canned in juice or puree.
  Safe
• 4 Celery
  Celery (Apium graveolens) is a marshland plant used as a vegetable.
  Low
• 5 Crushed Tomato
  Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) that have been peeled and mechanically crushed, often canned with tomato juice.
  Safe
• 6 Onion
  The edible bulb of Allium cepa L., a widely cultivated vegetable in the Allium family that also includes garlic, shallots, and leeks.
  Safe
• 7 Dried Pasta
  Pasta made from wheat flour (semolina/durum) and water, dried for shelf stability.
  Low
• 8 Potato
  Edible tuber of the Solanum tuberosum plant.
  Safe
• 9 Courgette
  Immature fruit of Cucurbita pepo L. (summer squash), known as zucchini in North America and courgette in Europe.
  Safe
• 10 Pea
  Pea (Pisum sativum), a legume seed.
  Safe
• 11 Green Bean
  Whole vegetable; immature pods of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
  Safe
• 12 Corn Starch
  Starch isolated from the endosperm of corn kernels. Composed of amylose and amylopectin (glucose polymers).
  Low
• 13 Kidney Bean
  Mature seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris, named for their kidney shape. Available dry, canned, or cooked.
  Safe
• 14 Sea Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl) obtained by evaporating seawater. Chemically identical to mined/refined salt, with trace minerals depending on source…
  Low
• 15 Chickpea
  Chickpea / garbanzo bean (Cicer arietinum), a legume.
  Safe
• 16 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 17 Basil
  Aromatic herb of the species Ocimum basilicum, used fresh or dried.
  Safe
• 18 Potassium Chloride
  Potassium chloride (KCl), an inorganic salt commonly used as a low-sodium salt substitute and nutrient.
  Low
• 19 Parmigiano Reggiano
  Parmigiano-Reggiano is a hard, granular Italian cheese with PDO protection.
  Low
• 20 Fennel
  Foeniculum vulgare - aromatic plant whose bulb, leaves, seeds, and oil are used as food. Contains anethole (the dominant aroma compound) and…
  Safe
• 21 Parsley
  Parsley is a culinary herb (Petroselinum crispum).
  Safe
• 22 Black Pepper
  Dried, ground berries of the Piper nigrum plant.
  Safe
• 23 Oregano
  Aromatic culinary herb from Origanum vulgare; dried leaves used as spice.
  Safe
• 24 Bay Leaf
  Aromatic dried leaves of Laurus nobilis (true bay) or related species, used as a culinary herb.
  Safe
• 25 Tomato
  Fruit of the Solanum lycopersicum plant.
  Safe
• 26 Tomato Juice
  Liquid extracted from ripe tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), often with added salt and sometimes seasonings.
  Safe
• 27 Durum Wheat Semolina
  Coarse purified middlings from durum wheat (Triticum durum), used to make pasta and couscous.
  Low
• 28 Egg White
  The clear protein-rich liquid (albumen) inside chicken eggs.
  Low
• 29 Nicotinic Acid
  Nicotinic acid (niacin or vitamin B3, pyridine-3-carboxylic acid). E375 is the EU additive code for its use as a vitamin/nutrient added to f…
  Low
• 30 Ferrous Sulfate
  An iron(II) sulfate salt (FeSO4) used as an iron source for food fortification and dietary supplements.
  Low
• 31 Thiamin Mononitrate
  Synthetic, stable form of vitamin B1 (thiamine). The nitrate salt is preferred for fortification because it tolerates heat and humidity bett…
  Low
• 32 Riboflavin
  Riboflavin (vitamin B2), a water-soluble B vitamin. Used as a yellow-orange food color (E101) and as a vitamin fortificant.
  Low
• 33 Folic Acid
  Synthetic form of folate (vitamin B9). Pteroylmonoglutamic acid, a water-soluble B vitamin essential for DNA synthesis and red blood cell fo…
  Low
• 34 Milk
  Lacteal secretion from cows or other domesticated ruminants (goats, sheep). Contains water, lactose, milk fat, casein and whey proteins, vit…
  Low
• 35 Lactic Ferments
  Live lactic-acid-producing bacterial cultures (typically Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, Streptococcus thermophilus, Leuconostoc) added to milk …
  Low
• 36 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 37 Enzyme
  Industrial food enzyme — protein catalysts derived from plants, animals, or microorganisms (often via fermentation), added to food to perfor…
  Low
• 38 Wheat
  Wheat is a cereal grain (genus Triticum).
  Low