Is Deluxe Lidl Malaysian Inspired Chicken Laksa Soup ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 54 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, Coconut Milk 15% (Coconut, Water), Sweet Potato 9%, Chicken 6%, Cream 5.6%, Onion, Red Peppers, Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Gochujang Paste 1.6% (Corn Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Wheat Flour, Water, Salt (processing marker), Red Pepper, Soya Bean, Grain Alcohol, Garlic, Onion, Rice, Koji (Barley)), Chicken Stock Mix, Chicken Stock (Water, Chicken Bones, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Yeast Extract, Sugar (processing marker)), Spinach, Ginger, Lime Juice from Concentrate, Preservative (processing marker) (Potassium Metabisulphite), Curry (Coriander, Chillies, Turmeric, Salt (processing marker), Garlic, Fenugreek, Fennel, Cumin, Chick Pea Flour, Bay Leaf, Cinnamon), Lemongrass, Coriander Leaf, Black Pepper, Garlic Purée, Turmeric
Additives: E224 Potassium metabisulphite
As written on the pack
Water, 15% Coconut Milk (Coconut Extract, Water), 9% Sweet Potato, 6% Chicken, 5.6% Cream (Milk), Onion, Red Peppers, Modified Maize Starch, 1.6% Gochujang Paste (Corn Syrup, Wheat Flour, Water, Salt, Red Pepper Powder, Defatted Soya Bean Powder, Grain Alcohol, Garlic, Onion, Rice, Koji (Barley)), Chicken Stock Mix (Chicken Stock (Water, Chicken Bones], Flavouring, Glucose Syrup, Salt, Yeast Extract, Sugar), Spinach, Ginger Purée, Lime Juice from Concentrate, Preservative: Potassium Metabisulphite; Curry Powder (Ground Coriander, Ground Chillies, Turmeric, Salt, Garlic, Ground Fenugreek, Ground Fennel, Ground Cumin, Chick Pea Flour, Ground Bay Leaf, Ground Cinnamon), Lemongrass, Coriander Leaf, Black Pepper, Garlic Purée, Turmeric
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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
4 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- 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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489899617, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.