Is Ben's Original Street Food - Thai Style Stir Fry ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 36 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed chinese noodles
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
noodles 56% (water, durum wheat semolina), carrot 8.1%, peanuts 8.1%, red pepper 6.1%, spring onion 4%, water chestnuts, sugar (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), mushroom powder, ginger, lemon juice, onion, yeast extract, garlic, salt (processing marker), natural coriander flavouring (sunflower oil (processing marker), coriander, natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), soya sauce (processing marker) (soya sauce (soya beans, wheat), salt (processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker)), chilli, soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker), maize starch (processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), paprika oleoresin (ultra-processing marker), paprika, sunflower oil (processing marker), basil oil, lemongrass oil
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E412 Guar gum
As written on the pack
Cooked noodles (56%) (water, durum wheat semolina), carrot (8.1%), peanuts (8.1%), red pepper (6.1%), spring onion (4.0%), water chestnuts, sugar, sunflower oil, mushroom powder, ginger, lemon juice powder, onion, yeast extract, garlic, salt, natural coriander flavouring (sunflower oil, coriander extract, natural flavouring), soya sauce powder (soya sauce (soya beans, wheat), salt, maltodextrin), chilli, stabiliser (soya lecithin), maize starch, thickener (guar gum), paprika oleoresin (paprika, sunflower oil, basil oil, lemongrass oil. May contain: barley, cashews, celery, milk, mustard, oats, sesame
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.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- 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.
6 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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
Among 24 chinese noodles
From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 71% of the chinese noodles here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4002359040122, last edited 11 September 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.