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Is Amy's No Chicken Noodle ultra-processed?

14.1 oz Noodles Sold in the United States

Pack of Amy's No Chicken Noodle

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed 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

onions, carrots, celery, tofu (filtered water, soybeans, nigari (magnesium chloride, a natural firming agent)), noodles (semolina flour, water), leeks, hydrolyzed corn, soy protein, high oleic oil (safflower oil, sunflower oil), parsley, yeast extract, spices

As written on the pack

(vegan): filtered water, organic, organic onions*, organic carrots*, organic celery*, organic tofu* (filtered water, organic soybeans*, nigari [magnesium chloride, a natural firming agent]), organic noodles* (organic semolina flour*, water), organic leeks*, hydrolyzed corn and soy protein, organic high oleic safflower and/or sunflower oil*, organic parsley*, yeast extract, spices,

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.

  • Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.
2 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 416 noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 118th. 73% of the 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 416 noodles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272005031, last edited 5 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.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.