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Is Maggi 2 Minute Noodles Chicken Flavour ultra-processed?

360 g Instant noodles Sold in Australia and New Zealand

Pack of Maggi 2 Minute Noodles Chicken Flavour

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 6 additives

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

nutritional compass® our chosen ingredients nodle cake (wheat flour), vegetable oil, antioxidant (319), salt, mineral (salts, 508‚451), 501, verstable gum (412), flavour mix sachet lodised salt, flavour enhancers (621‚635), mineral (salt (508)), matodextrin ravours, sugar onion powder, vegetable fat (antioxidant (320), parsiley flakes, colours iturmeric, caramel), spice dsriander, cumin, cardamom, chilli, ginge con wheat, soy, celery maycotain crustacea, fish, milk, mus

Additives: E319 Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) , E451 Triphosphates , E501 Potassium carbonates , E508 Potassium chloride , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E451 Triphosphates, E621 Monosodium glutamate, E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide.

As written on the pack

nutritional compass® our chosen ingredients nodle cake:wheat flour, vegetable oil (antioxidant (319), salt, mineral salts (508,451, 501, verstable gum (412) flavour mix sachet lodised salt, flavour enhancers (621,635), mineral salt (508), matodextrin ravours (contains wheat, soy and celery), sugar onion powder,vegetable fat (antioxidant (320) parsiley flakes,colours iturmeric, caramel ),spice dsriander, cumin, cardamom, chilli powder, ginge con wheat,soy and celery maycotain crustacea ,fish, milk and mus

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.

  • E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
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.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 242 instant noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 80th. 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 9556001137722, last edited 23 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.