Is Aldi Own Brand Snack noodle ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavour enhancer
- Maltodextrin
- E100 Curcumin
- E621 Monosodium glutamate
- E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide
- 35 ingredients
- 3 additives
Less processed instant noodles
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
whet fou, free dried sweetcorn, soy sauce sachet 4%, water, acidity aenlator (aeticaid), salt (processing marker), soy sauce (processing marker) (soy beans, wheat, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), s, sugar (processing marker), molases), onion, palm fat, skimmed milk powder (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), farorings, potassium chloride, salt (processing marker), flavour enhancers (ultra-processing marker) (monsodium glutamate), disodium 5'-ribonucleotides (ultra-processing marker), mushrooms, yeast itact, mushroom, chives, turmeric powder, acidity kegiator, cric aid, turmeric extract (ultra-processing marker), sage, legy advice, meiary advice
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide
As written on the pack
whet fou, free dried sweetcorn, soy sauce sachet (4%) [water, acidity aenlator:aeticaid, salt, soy sauce powder (soy beans, wheat, maltodextrin, s, sugar, molases), onion powder, palm fat, skimmed milk powder, sugar, farorings (contains milk), potassium chloride, salt, flavour enhancers: monsodium glutamate, disodium 5'-ribonucleotides, dried mushrooms, yeast itact,mushroom juice concentrate, dried chives, turmeric powder, acidity kegiator, cric aid,,turmeric extract, ground sage, legy advice: for allergens, see ingredients in bold, meiary advice: suitable for vegetarians,
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
- E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
- Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 242 instant noodles
From least to most processed, this one ranks 88th. 93% of the instant noodles here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600215532, last edited 21 March 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.