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Is Kauno GrūdaiKG Group Kauno Grūdai Instant noodles Chicken flavour ultra-processed?

85 g Instant noodles Sold in Sweden

Pack of Kauno GrūdaiKG Group Kauno Grūdai Instant noodles 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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 3 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

Noodles 91% (Wheat Flour), Palm Oil, Potato Starch, Salt, Dough Raising Agents (Sodium, Potassium Carbonates, Broth), Salt, Sugar, Aroma, Flavour Enhancer e621, Onion, Flavouring, Carrots, Hydrolysed Vegetable Proteins, Wheat Fibres, Parsnips, Parsley, Leek, Dill, Antioxidant (e300), Colouring (e101)

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E300 Ascorbic acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E621 Monosodium glutamate.

As written on the pack

Noodles (91%): Wheat Flour, Palm Oil, Potato Starch, Salt, Dough Raising Agents: Sodium and Potassium Carbonates. Broth (9%): Salt, Sugar, Aroma and Flavour Enhancer E621, Onion, Flavouring, Carrots, Hydrolysed Vegetable Proteins, Wheat Fibres, Parsnips, Parsley, Leek, Dill, Antioxidant E300, Colouring E101.

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.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 242 instant noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 87th. 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 4770107242455, last edited 2 April 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.