Is ICA Asia Snabbnudlar räksmak ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 19 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed instant noodles
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Vetemjöl, palmolja (innehåller antioxidationsmedel (e306)), salt (processing marker), räkarom (ultra-processing marker), socker (processing marker), jästextrakt, glukos (ultra-processing marker), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (e150a (ultra-processing marker)), smakförstärkare (ultra-processing marker) (e627 (ultra-processing marker), e631 (ultra-processing marker)), ingefära, klumpförebyggande medel (processing marker) (e551 (ultra-processing marker)), gräslök, vitlöks
Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E551 Silicon dioxide , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate
As written on the pack
Vetemjöl, palmolja (innehåller antioxidationsmedel (E306)), salt, räkarom (innehåller räkpulver, sojaprotein), socker, jästextrakt, glukos, färgämne (E150a), smakförstärkare (E627, E631), ingefära, klumpförebyggande medel (E551), torkad gräslök, vitlökspulver.
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.
- E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
- 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.
- E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
- E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
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- 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.
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.
- 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 242 instant noodles
From least to most processed, this one ranks 163rd. 93% of the instant noodles here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690029564, 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.