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Instant noodle soups, from least to most processed

We track 37 instant noodle soups, 95% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Asian vegetable.

What makes instant noodle soups ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of instant noodle soups that contain each:

Processed food (2)

  1. 1 Asian vegetable Koyo · 2.1 oz 3
  2. 2 big'bowl noodles sesame ramen Itsu · 93 g 3

Ultra-processed food (35)

  1. 3 Chicken Ramen Noodles 65 g 4
  2. 4 Chapaghetti Jjajang Noodles Nongshim · 140 g 4
  3. 5 Asian Style Soup - Tasty Chicken Cup Noodles · 350 ml 63g 4
  4. 6 Indomie verdure IndoMie · 1pcs 4
  5. 7 Kyushu Pork Ramen Itsuki · 174g 4
  6. 8 POT noodle Chicken & Mushroom flavour King · 114 g 4
  7. 9 Chicken Noodle Batchelors 4
  8. 10 Vietnamese Pho Snapdragon · 65g 4
  9. 11 snapdragon Vietnamese pho Snapdragon · 2.7 oz (76 g) 4
  10. 12 Pot Noodle Beef & Tomato flavour Pot Noodle · 90 g 4
  11. 13 Tom Yum Ramen (Shrimp) Immi 4
  12. 14 Beef Flavour Noodles Maggi 4
  13. 15 Japanese Style Noodles & Original Flavored Soup Sapporo Ichiban · 100 g 4
  14. 16 Cup Noodles Chicken Flavor Nissin · 2.25 oz (64 g) 4
  15. 17 Chicken Ramen Noodle Soup Nissin · 3 oz 4
  16. 18 3 Minute Instant Curry Flavour Noodles Maggi · 59.2g 4
  17. 19 Shin Green Mushroom & Fried Tofu Nonshim · 4.4 oz 4
  18. 20 AnSungTangMyun Noodle Nongshim · 125 g 4
  19. 21 شرکە بادیا Maruchan · 3 oz (85 g) 4
  20. 22 出前一丁 Nissin · 100 g 4
  21. 23 SHIN Spicy Noodle Soup Nongshim 4
  22. 24 Cup Noodles Stir Fry Teriyaki Chicken Nissin · 3oz 4
  23. 25 Tonkotsu Ramen Noodles Nongshim · 101g 4
  24. 26 Buldak Spicy Ramen Samyang · 135 g 4
  25. 27 Bowl Noodles Spicy Chicken Flavour Nongshim · 86 g 4
  26. 28 Maggi perisa kari 79g 4
  27. 29 Super Noodles Chicken Flavour Batchelors · 75g 4
  28. 30 Tonkotsu Flavor Ramen Noodles Nissin · 100 g 4
  29. 31 zupka chińska Tan-Viet · 70g 4
  30. 32 Soba Wok Style Yakitori Chicken Cup Noodles 4
  31. 33 Shin Kimchi Noodles Nongshim · 75g 4
  32. 34 Artificial Spicy Chicken Flavor Stir-Fried Ramen Samyang · 4.93 oz 4
  33. 35 Shin Ramyun Nongshim · 120 g 4
  34. 36 Veggie Miso Japanese style soup Cup Noodles · 67 g 4
  35. 37 Shin Kimchi Nongshim · 1 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.