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Is Lotus Foods Buckwheat Mushroom Rice Ramen With Vegetable Broth ultra-processed?

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Pack of Lotus Foods Buckwheat Mushroom Rice Ramen With Vegetable Broth

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed 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

Ramen (brown rice flour), buckwheat flour, shiitake, soup pack (tamari, soybeans), sea salt, mushroom powder, dried vegetables (red and green bell pepper, carrot, scallion), sugar, salt, garlic, yeast extract, ginger powder

As written on the pack

Ramen: organic brown rice flour, organic buckwheat flour, organic shiitake flour. soup pack: tamari powder (soybeans, sea salt), mushroom powder, dried vegetables (red and green bell pepper, carrot, scallion), sugar, salt, garlic powder, yeast extract, ginger powder.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 416 noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 75th. 73% of the 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 416 noodles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0708953601069, last edited 26 August 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.