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Is Itsu Brilliant Broth Miso Ramen ultra-processed?

Liquid broths Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Itsu Brilliant Broth Miso Ramen

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, red miso paste 4% (water, soya beans, rice, salt, alcohol), sunflower oil, natural flavourings, mirin rice wine (fermented rice, water, alcohol, glucose syrup), soy sauce (water, soya beans, wheat, salt), yeast extract, salt, maltodextrin, tamarind paste, mushroom, sugar, lime leaves, chilli, including cereals containing gluten

As written on the pack

Water, red miso paste (4%) (water, soya beans, rice, salt, alcohol), sunflower oil, natural flavourings, mirin rice wine (fermented rice, water, alcohol, glucose syrup), soy sauce (water, soya beans, wheat, salt), yeast extract, salt, maltodextrin, tamarind paste, mushroom concentrate, sugar, lime leaves, chilli powder. Allergy advice: for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold

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.

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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 liquid broths

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 52% of the liquid broths 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 23 liquid broths, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060960660725, 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.