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Is Ajinomoto Vegetable Yakisoba ultra-processed?

54 oz Chinese noodles Sold in the United States, France and Spain

Pack of Ajinomoto Vegetable Yakisoba

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 29 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed chinese noodles

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

cooked yakisoba noodles (water, wheat flour, corn starch, salt), cabbage, soy sauce (water, soybeans, salt, wheat, alcohol), soybean oil, carrots, broccoli, chinese pea pods, sugar, water chestnuts, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF (edamame soybeans), shiitake mushrooms, asparagus, red bell peppers, water, corn starch, salt, sesame oil, garlic puree, black pepper

As written on the pack

COOKED YAKISOBA NOODLES (WATER, WHEAT FLOUR, CORN STARCH, SALT), CABBAGE, SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, SALT, WHEAT, ALCOHOL), SOYBEAN OIL, CARROTS, BROCCOLI, CHINESE PEA PODS, SUGAR, WATER CHESTNUTS, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: EDAMAME SOYBEANS, SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS, ASPARAGUS, RED BELL PEPPERS, WATER, CORN STARCH, SALT, SESAME OIL, GARLIC PUREE, BLACK PEPPER.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 24 chinese noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 71% of the chinese noodles here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 24 chinese noodles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0071757055919, last edited 28 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.