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Is Continental Roast Chicken with Noodles ultra-processed?

75 g Noodles Sold in Australia

Pack of Continental Roast Chicken with Noodles

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:

  • 60 ingredients
  • 5 additives

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

2, fill with boiling water and stir continuously for 15-20 seconds, important, to ensure a smooth consist do not begin stirring soup until all the wal has been poured into the mug, our ingredients, noodles 22% (wheat flour, wheat gluten), starch (corn, potato), creamer (vegetable oil, glucose syrup, milk protein, mineral (salts, 339 or 340), 450 or 451, natural colour (riboflavin)), maltodextrin, vegetables^ 11% (peas, carrot, onion (powder, pieces), corn), salt, mineral (salt (potassium chloride)), natural chicken flavours, sugar, hydrolysed corn protein, yeast extract, vegetable oil, chicken 0.5%, herbs (sage, parsley), natural colours (carotene, turmeric), food acid (lactic), ^from sustainably grown peas, carrots, onions, corn, contains naturally occurring glutamates, free nuts, egg, sesame, fish, crustacea, lupin, m a fr lea (aus ingr)

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E101i Riboflavin , E340 Potassium phosphates , E451 Triphosphates , E621 Monosodium glutamate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E451 Triphosphates, E621 Monosodium glutamate.

As written on the pack

2. fill with boiling water and stir continuously for 15-20 seconds. important... to ensure a smooth consist do not begin stirring soup until all the wal has been poured into the mug. our ingredients... noodles (22%) (wheat flour, wheat gluten), starch (corn, potato), creamer [vegetable oil, glucose syrup, milk protein, mineral salts (339 or 340, 450 or 451), natural colour (riboflavin)], maltodextrin, vegetables^ (11%) [peas, carrot, onion (powder, pieces), corn], salt, mineral salt (potassium chloride), natural chicken flavours, sugar, hydrolysed corn protein, yeast extract, vegetable oil, chicken powder (0.5%), herbs (sage powder, parsley), natural colours (carotene, turmeric), food acid (lactic). ^from sustainably grown peas, carrots, onions and corn. contains naturally occurring glutamates. any allergies? contains wheat and milk. may contain soybeans, peanuts, free nuts. egg, sesame, fish, crustacea and lupin. m a fr lea: aus ingr

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.
  • 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.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 416 noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 366th. 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 9300667015012, last edited 6 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.