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Is Maggi Beef Flavour Noodles ultra-processed?

Instant noodle soups Sold in Australia, France and French Polynesia

Pack of Maggi Beef Flavour Noodles

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:

  • 44 ingredients
  • 9 additives

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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

noodle cake (wheat flour), vegetable oil (antioxidant (319)), tapioca starch, salt, mineral (salts, 508), 451, 501, 500, vegetable gum (412), flavour mix sachet (mineral), salt (508), lodised salt, flavour enhancers (621, 635), sugar, yeast extract, flavour, colour (caramel ii), vegetable fat (antioxidant (320)), onion, soy sauce, parsley, food acid (citric), white pepper, rosemary, garnish (carrot), crustacea, fish, milk, mustard

Additives: E319 Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) , E320 Butylated hydroxyanisole (bha) , E412 Guar gum , E451 Triphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E501 Potassium carbonates , E508 Potassium chloride , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E412 Guar gum, E451 Triphosphates, E621 Monosodium glutamate, E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide.

As written on the pack

noodle cake: wheat flour, vegetable oil (antioxidant (319)), tapioca starch, salt, mineral salts (508, 451, 501, 500), vegetable gum (412), flavour mix sachet: mineral salt (508), lodised salt, flavour enhancers (621, 635), sugar, yeast extract, flavour, colour (caramel ii), vegetable fat (antioxidant (320)), onion powder, soy sauce powder (contains soy and wheat), parsley flakes, food acid (citric), white pepper, rosemary, garnish: carrot, contains wheat and soy, may contain celery, crustacea, fish, milk and mustard,

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • 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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
6 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 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 37 instant noodle soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 95% of the instant noodle soups 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 37 instant noodle soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9556001171290, 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.