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Is Itsu noodles & broth chick'n ramen ultra-processed?

Noodles Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Itsu noodles & broth chick'n ramen

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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

hand-folded rice noodles (rice), tapioca starch, salt, la Nagano Valley miso broth paste (spring water), no r steamed soya beans, yeast extract, sesame paste 10%, salt, sugar, rice koji, sesame oil 4%, rice bran oil, alcohol, onion, garlic, ginger powder, paprika, chilli, black pepper, coriander leaf, spring onion

As written on the pack

hand-folded rice noodles: (62%) (rice, tapioca starch, salt). la Nagano Valley miso broth paste: (36%) (spring water, no r steamed soya beans, yeast extract, sesame paste (10%), salt, sugar, rice koji, sesame oil (4%), rice bran oil, alcohol, onion powder, garlic powder, ginger powder, paprika, chilli powder, black pepper, dried coriander leaf). dried spring onion.

What makes it processed

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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 416 noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 79th. 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 5061035300232, last edited 3 June 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.