Is Coop Tom Yum Flavor Noodles ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Colour
- Flavour enhancer
- Flavouring
- E150c Ammonia caramel
- E160c Paprika extract
- E551 Silicon dioxide
- and 2 more
- 24 ingredients
- 8 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed instant noodles
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
vetemjöl_, solrosolja (processing marker), salt (processing marker), stärkelse (processing marker), smakförstärkare (ultra-processing marker) (e621 (ultra-processing marker), e635 (ultra-processing marker)), aromer (ultra-processing marker), socker (processing marker), chili, vitlök, surhetsreglerande medel (e330), purjolök, jästextrakt, bakpulver (e500, e501), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (e150c), paprikaextrakt (ultra-processing marker), rapsolja, klumpförebyggande medel (processing marker) (e551 (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E501 Potassium carbonates , E551 Silicon dioxide , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide
As written on the pack
vetemjöl, solrosolja, salt, stärkelse, smakförstärkare (E 621, E 635), aromer (innehåller kräftdjur_), socker, chili, vitlök, surhetsreglerande medel (E 330), purjolök, jästextrakt, bakpulver (E 500, E 501), färgämne (E 150c), paprikaextrakt, rapsolja, klumpförebyggande medel (E 551).
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.
- E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- E551 Silicon dioxide 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.
- E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
- 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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- Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
- 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.
Among 242 instant noodles
From least to most processed, this one ranks 169th. 93% of the instant noodles here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340191139176, last edited 2 April 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.