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Is Batchelors Super Noodles, Curry Flavour ultra-processed?

90g Instant noodles Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Batchelors Super Noodles, Curry 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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 6 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

Noodles (Water, Fortified Wheat Flour, Palm Oil, Antioxidants (Butylated Hydroxyanisole, Citric Acid, Propyl Gallate)), Sugar, Yeast Extract, Flavour Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium 5'-ribonucleotides), Turmeric, Salt, Maltodextrin, Garlic, Fennel Seeds, Potassium Chloride, Anise, Onion, Tomato, Acid (Citric Acid), Black Pepper Extract, Cardamom, Chilli, Clove, Cardamom, Coriander Seeds, Parsley

Additives: E310 Propyl gallate , E320 Butylated hydroxyanisole (bha) , E330 Citric acid , E508 Potassium chloride , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide

As written on the pack

Noodles (Water, Fortified Wheat Flour, Palm Oil, Antioxidants (Butylated Hydroxyanisole, Citric Acid, Propyl Gallate)), Sugar, Yeast Extract, Flavour Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium 5'-ribonucleotides), Ground Turmeric, Salt, Maltodextrin, Garlic, Ground Fennel Seeds, Potassium Chloride, Ground Anise Seeds, Onion, Tomato, Acid (Citric Acid), Black Pepper Extract, Cardamom Extract, Chilli, Clove Extract, Ground Cardamom, Ground Coriander Seeds, Parsley.

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.

  • 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.

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.
3 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 242 instant noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 79th. 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 5000354914409, last edited 18 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.