Is Bol Thai green noodle power soup ultra-processed?

Soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Bol Thai green noodle power soup

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Red Lentils, Onions, Coconut Cream 6% (Coconut, Water), Green Beans, Edamame Beans, Red Peppers 2.5%, Rice Noodles 2% (Rice Flour, Water), Green Thai Paste (Chillies, Lemongrass, Shallots, Garlic, Pepper, Galangal, Salt (processing marker), Turmeric, Cumin, Coriander Seeds, Lime Leaves, Citric Acid), Garlic Purée, Ginger, Soy Sauce (processing marker) (Water, Soybeans, Salt (processing marker)), Lime Juice, Coriander, Salt (processing marker), Coriander, Cumin, Turmeric, Chillies

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, Red Lentils, Onions, Coconut Cream (6%) (Coconut Extract, Water), Green Beans, Edamame Beans (Soya) (3%), Red Peppers (2.5%), Rice Noodles (2%) (Rice Flour, Water), Green Thai Paste (Chillies, Lemongrass, Shallots, Garlic, Pepper, Galangal, Salt, Turmeric, Cumin, Coriander Seeds, Lime Leaves, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid), Garlic Purée, Ginger Purée, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Salt), Lime Juice, Coriander, Salt, Ground Coriander, Ground Cumin, Ground Turmeric, Dried Chillies.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

Culinary ingredients

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 261st. 63% of the 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 722 soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060430293163, last edited 9 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.