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Is Batchelors Super Noodles BBQ Beef Flavour ultra-processed?

90g Instant noodles Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Batchelors Super Noodles BBQ Beef Flavour

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed instant 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

wheat flour, palm oil, antioxidants, flavouring, yeast extract, flavour enhancer monosodium glutamate disodium ribonucleotides, onion, maltodextrin, milk mineral concentrate, plain caramel, paprika extract, salt, thyme, parsley, smoked dextrose sugar, smoke flavouring, acid (citric acid), black pepper extract

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

wheat flour, palm oil, antioxidants, flavouring, yeast extract, flavour enhancer monosodium glutamate disodium ribonucleotides, onion, maltodextrin, milk mineral concentrate, plain caramel, paprika extract, salt, thyme extract, parsley, smoked dextrose sugar, smoke flavouring, acid citric acid, black pepper extract

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 242 instant noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 70th. 93% of the instant 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 242 instant noodles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354405105, last edited 17 April 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.