Is Knorr Asia Snack Chicken Taste Noodles ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 36 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed instant noodles
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Nudlar 89% (Vetemjöl), palmfett, salt (processing marker), modifierad potatisstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), socker (processing marker), rapsolja, antioxidationsmedel (e306, e304i), gurkmejaextrakt (ultra-processing marker), Kryddmix 11% (Kaliumklorid), arom (ultra-processing marker), lök 10%, torkad glukossirap (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), potatisstärkelse (processing marker), socker (processing marker), jästextrakt, vitlök, palmfett, cayennepeppar, kycklingfett 1.6%, solrosolja (processing marker), purjolök, grönsaksjuicekoncentrat (selleri, morot, purjolök, lök), gurkmeja, ingefära, koriander, antioxidationsmedel (rosmarinextrakt)
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E304 Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid , E304i Ascorbyl palmitate , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E392 Extracts of rosemary
As written on the pack
Nudlar 89%: Vetemjöl, palmfett, salt, modifierad potatisstärkelse, socker, rapsolja, antioxidationsmedel (E 306, E 304i), gurkmejaextrakt. Kryddmix 11%: Kaliumklorid, arom (innehåller ägg), lök 10 %, torkad glukossirap, salt, potatisstärkelse, socker, jästextrakt, vitlök, palmfett, cayennepeppar, kycklingfett 1,6 %, solrosolja, purjolök, grönsaksjuicekoncentrat (selleri, morot, purjolök, lök), gurkmeja, ingefära, koriander, antioxidationsmedel (rosmarinextrakt).
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.
- E100 Curcumin 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.
- 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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
4 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.
Among 242 instant noodles
From least to most processed, this one ranks 96th. 93% of the instant noodles here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8714100744208, 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.
- 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.