Is King Pot Noodle Beef & Tomato flavour ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavouring
- Maltodextrin
- Modified starch
- E621 Monosodium glutamate
- E627 Disodium guanylate
- E631 Disodium inosinate
- 40 ingredients
- 8 additives
Less processed instant noodles
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
noodles (wheat flour, palm fat, salt (processing marker), potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, sauce (processing marker), vegetables (water), tomatoes 5.3%, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), wheat flour, vegetables 1.1%, peas, onion powder), yeast extract, monosodium glutamate (ultra-processing marker), disodium inosinate (ultra-processing marker), disodium guanylate (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), tomato powder 0.2%, salt (processing marker), palm fat, hydrolysed vegetable protein, citric acid, garlic, soy sauce (processing marker) (soybeans, wheat), sunflower oil (processing marker), sachet (tomato sauce (processing marker) 1.3%, water), spirit vinegar, tomato paste 18%, sugar (processing marker), nglucose syrup, salt (processing marker), modified corn starch (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate
As written on the pack
noodles [wheat flour, palm fat, salt, firming agents (potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate), sauce and vegetables: water, tomatoes (5,3%), maltodextrin, wheat flour, vegetables (1,1%) [peas, onion powder], yeast extract, flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), sugar, flavourings, tomato powder (0,2%), salt, palm fat, hydrolysed vegetable protein (soya), acid (citric acid), garlic, soy sauce (soybeans, wheat), sunflower oil, sachet: tomato sauce (1,3%) [water, spirit vinegar, tomato paste (18%), sugar, nglucose syrup, salt, modified corn starch]
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.
- E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
- E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
- E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
Among 242 instant noodles
From least to most processed, this one ranks 130th. 93% of the instant noodles here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8722700153276, last edited 8 September 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.
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