Is Lotus Foods Rice Ramen ultra-processed?

2.8oz Noodles Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Sauce

19 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

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), millet, soup pack (red miso, soybeans, rice), salt (processing marker), tamari (processing marker) (soybeans, sea salt (processing marker)), salt (processing marker), red onion, dried wakame seaweed, sugar (processing marker), garlic, ginger powder, parsley, chili pepper

As written on the pack

ramen: *brown rice flour, *millet, soup pack: red miso powder (cultured soybeans and rice, salt), tamari powder (soybeans, sea salt), salt, red onion powder, dried wakame seaweed, sugar, garlic powder, ginger powder, dried parsley, dried chili pepper,

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 77th. 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 0708953601038, last edited 13 May 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.