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Is Itsu noodles & broth satay style ultra-processed?

Pot noodles Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Itsu noodles & broth satay style

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

hand-folded rice noodles 60%, Inice, tapioca starch, sal no nasties Nagano Valley miso broth paste 35%, water, sesame paste 18%, soya beans, salt, sugar, rice koji, sesame oi 3.5%, garlic, alcohol, tamarind paste, yeast extract, paprika, onion, ginger powder, rice vinegar, chilli, dried coriander leaf s sesame oil sachet, spring onion

As written on the pack

hand-folded rice noodles (60%) Inice, tapioca starch, sal no nasties Nagano Valley miso broth paste (35%) water, sesame paste (18%), soya beans, salt, sugar, rice koji, sesame oi (3.5%), garlic powder, alcohol, tamarind paste, yeast extract, paprika, onion powder, ginger powder, rice vinegar, chilli powder, dried coriander leaf s sesame oil sachet (sesame). 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.

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 21 pot noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 81% of the pot 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 21 pot noodles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5061035300195, last edited 14 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.