Is Cofresh Hot Bombay mix ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 51 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
savoury noodles 71%, maize flour, pour, rapesee o gram flour, potato starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker), chilli, spice split peas 13% (peas, rapeseed oil), peanuts 7% (peanuts, rapeseed oil, chilli, salt (processing marker)), puffed r 3% (rice, rapeseed oil, turmeric, salt (processing marker)), green lentils (green lentils, rapeseed oil), seasoning 3% (rice flo chilli powder, sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), spices (paprika, coriander se min, fenugreek seed, turmeric, cayenne pepper), chi dlend (chilli, cumin, salt (processing marker), garlic, oregano), onion powde citric acid), acidity regulator (sodium diacetate), der, tomato, turmeric extract (ultra-processing marker) (natura lavouring, colour (ultra-processing marker) (curcumin)), natural rosemary extract, colour (ultra-processing marker) (paprika extract (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract , E262 Sodium acetates , E262ii Sodium diacetate , E330 Citric acid , E392 Extracts of rosemary
As written on the pack
savoury noodles 71% (maize flour, pour, rapesee o gram flour, potato starch, salt, chilli powder, spice split peas 13% (peas, rapeseed oil), peanuts 7% (peanuts, rapeseed oil, chilli powder, salt), puffed r 3% (rice, rapeseed oil, turmeric, salt), green lentils (green lentils, rapeseed oil), seasoning 3% (rice flo chilli powder, sugar, salt, spices (paprika, coriander se min, fenugreek seed, turmeric, cayenne pepper), chi dlend (chilli, cumin, salt, garlic, oregano), onion powde citric acid), acidity regulator (sodium diacetate), der, tomato powder, turmeric extract (natura lavouring, colour (curcumin)), natural rosemary extract, colour (paprika extract))
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.
- E100 Curcumin 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.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5026489495682, last edited 27 March 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.