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Is Blue Dragon Spicy Thai flavour imp ultra-processed?

67 g Noodles Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Blue Dragon Spicy Thai flavour imp

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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed 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 78% (Wheat Flour, Palm Oil, Tapioca Starch, Salt, Soy Sauce, Water, Soy Bean, Salt, Wheat Flour), Thickener (e401), Acidity Regulator (e501 (1)), Emulsifier (e451 (1), e475), Sugar, Flavour Bnhancer (e635), Colour (e101 (1)), Spicy Thai Seasoning 15% (8ugar, Salt, Chilli, Color (e100i), Citronella Powder, Citric Acid, Flavour Enhancer (e635), Spring Onion, Malto Acid), Dried Vegetables 7% (Dried Carrot, Green Pea, Spring Onion 0.7%)

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E330 Citric acid , E401 Sodium alginate , E451 Triphosphates , E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids , E501 Potassium carbonates , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide

As written on the pack

Noodles (78%) [Wheat Flour, Palm Oil, Tapioca Starch, Salt, Soy Sauce [Water, Soy Bean, Salt, Wheat Flour], Thickener (E401), Acidity Regulator (E501(1)), Emulsifier (E451(1), E475), Sugar, Flavour Bnhancer (E635), Colour (E101(1))]. Spicy Thai Seasoning (15%) [8ugar, Salt, Chilli, Color (E100(i)), Citronella Powder, Citric Acid, Flavour Enhancer (E635). Spring Onion, Malto Acid], Dried Vegetables (7%)[Dried Carrot, Dried Green Pea, Dried Spring Onion (0.7%)].

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.

  • E101 Riboflavin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
5 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 416 noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 352nd. 73% of the 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 416 noodles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010338016081, last edited 26 June 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.