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Is Indomie Special Chicken Flavour ultra-processed?

Noodles Sold in Australia

Pack of Indomie Special Chicken Flavour

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 13 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Noodles (Refined wheat flour (Maida)), Edible vegetable oil (Refined palm oil (Contains antioxidant e319)), Salt, Acidity regulators (e452i, e501i, e500i), Thickener (e412), Colour (e101i), Seasoning (Salt), Flavour enhancers (e621, e631, e627), Sugar, Artificial chicken flavour, White pepper, Celery, Garlic, Seasoning Oil (Edible vegetable oil (Refined palm oil (Contains antioxidant e319))), Shallot, the seasoning powder contains added monosodium glutamate

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E101i Riboflavin , E319 Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) , E412 Guar gum , E452 Polyphosphates , E452i Sodium polyphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

Noodles: Refined wheat flour (Maida), Edible vegetable oil (Refined palm oil (Contains antioxidant INS 319)), Salt, Acidity regulators (INS 452i, INS 501i, INS 500i), Thickener (INS 412), Colour (INS 101i). Seasoning Powder: Salt, Flavour enhancers (INS 621, INS 631, INS 627), Sugar, Artificial chicken flavour, White pepper, Celery, Garlic. Seasoning Oil: Edible vegetable oil (Refined palm oil (Contains antioxidant INS 319)), Shallot. Dried Chili Powder ALLERGY ADVICE: CONTAINS WHEAT AND SOY MAY CONTAINS PEANUTS, CRUSTACEAN, FISH, EGG, TREE NUT, DAIRY THE SEASONING POWDER CONTAINS ADDED MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE.

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.
  • E452 Polyphosphates 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.
  • 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.
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  • 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.
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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 416 noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 362nd. 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 8994963003753, last edited 19 August 2025), 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.