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Is Batchelors Super Noodles Chicken Flavour ultra-processed?

75g Instant noodle soups Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Batchelors Super Noodles Chicken 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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 14 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed instant noodle soups

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

Noodles 80% (Wheat Flour, Palm Oil, Potato Starch, Potassium Lactate, Citric Acid, Potassium Carbonate, Sodium Carbonate), Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Carotenes, Tocopherol-Rich Extract, Maltodextrin, Wheat Flour, Maize Starch, Dried Glucose Syrup, Salt, Peas 1%, Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium 5-ribonucleotides, Sweetcorn 1%, Yeast Extract Powder, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Potassium Chloride, Flavouring, Guar Gum, Potassium Phosphate, Turmeric, Rapeseed Oil, Parsley, Black Pepper, Gum Arabic

Additives: E160a Carotene , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E326 Potassium lactate , E330 Citric acid , E340 Potassium phosphates , E412 Guar gum , E414 Acacia gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate , E508 Potassium chloride , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide

As written on the pack

Noodles (80%) (Wheat Flour, Palm Oil, Potato Starch, Acidity Regulators Potassium Lactate, Citric Acid, Potassium Carbonate, Sodium Carbonate), Salt, Flavour Enhancer (Monosodium Glutamate), Colour (Carotenes), Antioxidant Tocopherol-Rich Extract)), Maltodextrin, Wheat Flour, Maize Starch, Dried Glucose Syrup, Salt, Dried Peas (1%), Flavour Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium 5-ribonucleotides), Dried Sweetcorn (1%), Yeast Extract Powder, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Potassium Chloride, Flavouring, Thickener (Guar Gum), Acidity Regulator (Potassium Phosphate), Ground Turmeric, Rapeseed Oil, Dried Parsley, Ground Black Pepper, Stabiliser (Gum Arabic). May also contain celery, crustaceans, fish, milk, molluscs, mustard, sesame and soya.

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.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • 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.
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  • 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.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 37 instant noodle soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 29th. 95% of the instant noodle soups 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 37 instant noodle soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354907357, last edited 23 July 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.