Is Batchelors Super Noodles ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 38 ingredients
- 10 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed instant noodles
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
seasoning with peas, sweetcorn, ingredients as sold (noodles 80%, wheat flour), palm ol potato starch, potassium lactate (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, salt (processing marker), monosodium glutamate (ultra-processing marker), carotenes (ultra-processing marker), tocopherol-rich extract, sabliser (potassium carbonate), sodium carbonate, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), wheat flour, maize sarch, dried glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), peas 1%, salt (processing marker), dried swcom (1), monosodium gluamate duodum 5-ribonucleotides, flavourings (ultra-processing marker), onion powder, carle powder, potassium chloride, guar gum, yt exuract ground turmeric, acids, malic acid lactic pasley black pepper extract allrgy advice, including cereals ing gen, see ingredients in bold wy ao contain celery, crustaceans, fish, milk, moluscs ypic f w cr pha ne and soys ced in unge ebelore see base of pot 100ge p160a
Additives: E160a Carotene , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E326 Potassium lactate , E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate , E508 Potassium chloride , E621 Monosodium glutamate
As written on the pack
seasoning with peas and sweetcorn. ingredients as sold: noodles (80%) (wheat flour, palm ol potato starch, acidity regulators (potassium lactate, citric acid), salt, flavour enhancer (monosodium glutamate), colour (carotenes), antioxidant (tocopherol-rich extract). sabliser (potassium carbonate), flour treatment agent sodium carbonate)), maltodextrin, wheat flour, maize sarch, dried glucose syrup, dried peas (1%), salt, dried swcom (1) flavour enhancers (monosodium gluamate duodum 5-ribonucleotides), flavourings, onion powder, carle powder, potassium chloride, thickener (guar gum) yt exuract ground turmeric, acids (malic acid lactic pasley black pepper extract allrgy advice: for allergens, including cereals ing gen, see ingredients in bold wy ao contain celery, crustaceans, fish, milk, moluscs ypic f w cr pha ne and soys ced in unge ebelore see base of pot 100ge p160a
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.
- E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
- E326 Potassium lactate Antioxidants are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by oxidation, such as fat rancidity and colour changes.
- E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
- 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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
1 ingredient 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.
Among 242 instant noodles
From least to most processed, this one ranks 157th. 93% of the instant noodles here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354916618, last edited 7 August 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.