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Is Itsu Katsu rice noodles cup ultra-processed?

63 g Instant noodles Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Itsu Katsu rice noodles cup

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 28 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed instant 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

Rice noodles 63% (rice, tapioca starch, salt), broth paste 35%, miso (water, soya beans, rice, salt), water, sugar, tamari soy sauce, water, soya beans, salt, alcoholl, rice bran oil salt, alcohol, yeast extract, curry (spices, paprika, garlic, onion, ginger powder, coriander), spring onion

As written on the pack

Rice noodles (63%) (rice, tapioca starch, salt), broth paste (35%) (miso (water, soya beans, rice, salt), water, sugar, tamari soy sauce (water, soya beans, salt, alcoholl, rice bran oil salt, alcohol, yeast extract, curry powder (contains mustard (2% spices, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, ginger powder, coriander), dried spring onion. Allergy advice:

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 242 instant noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 93% of the instant 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 242 instant noodles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060262485262, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.