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Is Maggi Pan-Perfect Sticky Korean BBQ ultra-processed?

39g Cooking helpers Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Maggi Pan-Perfect Sticky Korean BBQ

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed cooking helpers

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

Sugar, corn starch, dried vegetables 10.5% (tomato, red paprika), SOYA sauce 9.6% (water, soyabeans, wheat, salt), spices 5.7% (ginger, red cayenne pepper, cumin, coriander, anise, black pepper, cinnamon), salt, caramelised sugar, yeast extract, honey, sunflower oil, lemon juice concentrate, flavourings, garlic

As written on the pack

Sugar, corn starch, dried vegetables 10.5% (tomato, red paprika), SOYA sauce 9.6% (water, SOYABEANS, WHEAT, salt), dried spices 5.7% (ginger, red cayenne pepper, cumin, coriander, anise, black pepper, cinnamon), salt, caramelised sugar, yeast extract, honey powder, sunflower oil, lemon juice concentrate, flavourings, garlic.

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.

  • 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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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 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 219 cooking helpers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 65th. 73% of the cooking helpers 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8445290922762, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.