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Is Bachelors Super noodles Low Fat Chicken And Herb ultra-processed?

81 g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Bachelors Super noodles Low Fat Chicken And Herb

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
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Noodles, water, wheat flour, acidity regulators (pentasodium triphosphate, sodium carbonate), sugar, flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate, disodium 5'-ribonucleotides), salt, flavourings, onion, maltodextrin, garlic, potassium chloride, yeast extract, turmeric, herbs, acid (malic acid)

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E451 Triphosphates , E451i Pentasodium triphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate , E508 Potassium chloride , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide

As written on the pack

Noodles (water, wheat flour, acidity regulators (pentasodium triphosphate, sodium carbonate), sugar, flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate, disodium 5'-ribonucleotides), salt, flavourings, onion, maltodextrin, garlic, potassium chloride, yeast extract, ground turmeric, herbs, acid (malic acid).

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.

  • E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • 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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354915000, last edited 27 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.