Is Indomie Mi Goreng Hot & Spicy Flavour Instant 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:
- 41 ingredients
- 10 additives
Less processed instant noodles
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
wheat flour, refined palm oil (contains antioxidant 319), salt (processing marker), acidity regulators (451, 501, 500), thickener (ultra-processing marker) (412), color (ultra-processing marker) (101), salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), artificial chicken flavour (soy, wheat), flavour enhancers (ultra-processing marker) (621, 631, 627), onion, garlic, anti-caking agent (processing marker) (551), refined palm oil (contains antioxidant 319), chili, garlic, shallot, paprika, sugar (processing marker), water, wheat, soybean, salt (processing marker), spices, sesame oil (processing marker), chilli, shallot, refined palm oil
Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E319 Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) , E412 Guar gum , E451 Triphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E501 Potassium carbonates , E551 Silicon dioxide , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate
As written on the pack
wheat flour, refined palm oil (contains antioxidant 319), salt, acidity regulators (451, 501, 500), thickener (412), color (101), salt, sugar, artificial chicken flavour (soy, wheat), flavour enhancers (621, 631, 627), onion, garlic, anti-caking agent (551), refined palm oil (contains antioxidant 319), chili, garlic, shallot, paprika, sugar, water, wheat, soybean, salt, spices, sesame oil, dried chilli, shallot, refined palm oil
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.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- 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.
- 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.
- E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
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- 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.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.
- 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.
- 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 204th. 93% of the instant noodles here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0089686171686, last edited 2 August 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.