Is Lidl Newgate Instant Instant noodles Barbecue beef flavour ultra-processed?

108g Instant noodles Sold in the United Kingdom and Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Maltodextrin
E160c Paprika extract

25 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

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 93% (Wheat flour, palm oil (palm oil, tocopherol-rich extract), water, salt (processing marker)), barbeque beef flavour seasoning 7% (maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), wheat flour, salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), yeast extract, onion, soy sauce (processing marker) (soya bean, wheat flour, salt (processing marker)), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker)), caramel, paprika extract (ultra-processing marker), garlic, palm oil, chili

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

Noodles 93% (Wheat flour, palm oil (palm oil, tocopherol-rich extract), water, salt), barbeque beef flavour seasoning 7% (maltodextrin, wheat flour, salt, sugar, yeast extract, onion powder, soy sauce powder (soya bean, wheat flour, salt), maltodextrin, sugar), caramel, paprika extract, garlic powder, palm oil, chili powder.

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.

E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.

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.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 242 instant noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 44th. 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 20083014, last edited 27 March 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.