Is Marks & Spencer Singapore Noodles ultra-processed?

Pasta dishes Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E100 Curcumin

33 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score B

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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

Rice Noodles 37% (Rice Flour ? water), ? Beansprouts ? Cooked Chicken Thigh 6%, ? Red Peppers ? Water ? Carrots ? Cooked Pork 5%, Coconut Cream (Coconut ? Water), ? Cooked King Prawns, ? Rapeseed Oil ? Spring Cabbage ? Sesame Oil Soy Sauce (Water ? Soybeans ? Wheat, ? Salt (processing marker)), Spices (Turmeric ? Coriander ? Paprika ? Cumin ? Ginger ? Chilli ? Fenneì Seeds ? White Pepper ? Cloves ? Cayenne Pepper ? Fenugreek), ? Red Chillies ? Toban Jhan (Red Chillies ? Soybeans ? Salt ? Rapeseed Oil ? Water ? Ginger Purée ? Dried Red Chillies ? Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid ? Wheat)), ? Hoisin Sauce (Sugar ? Water ? Salt ? Soybeans ? Wheatflour, ? Rice Vinegar ? Garlic ? Koji Red Rice ? Sesame Oil ? Colour (Plain Caramel ? Red Chillies ? Ground Spices (Sichuan Pepper ? Star Anise ? Ginger ? Cumin ? Coriander ? Cloves ? Cinnamon), ? Tangerine Peel ? Tsaoko Fruit)), ? Shaoxing Rice Wine, ? Salt ? Tamarind Paste ? Sugar ? Ginger Purée ? Chicken Stock (Water ? Chicken Bones), ? Cornflour ? Adzuki Beans ? Honey ? Fish and Shellfish Stock (Salt ? Cod, ? Crab, ? Mussel, ? Water ? Tomato Paste ? Concentrated Carrot Juice ? Lobster, ? Onions ? Rapeseed Oil ? Sugar ? Ground Paprika ? Turmeric), ? Dried Garlic ? Sunflower Oil ? Garlic Purée ? Rice Flour ? Acidity Regulator (Acetic Acid ? Colour), Curcumin (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E100 Curcumin

As written on the pack

Cooked Rice Noodles (37%) (Rice Flour ? water) ? Beansprouts ? Cooked Chicken Thigh (6%) ? Red Peppers ? Water ? Carrots ? Cooked Pork (5%) Coconut Cream (Coconut Extract ? Water) ? Cooked King Prawns (Crustacean) (3.5%) ? Rapeseed Oil ? Spring Cabbage ? Sesame Oil Soy Sauce (Water ? Soybeans ? Wheat (contains Gluten) ? Salt) Ground Spices (Turmeric ? Coriander ? Paprika ? Cumin ? Ginger ? Chilli ? Fenneì Seeds ? White Pepper ? Cloves ? Cayenne Pepper ? Fenugreek) ? Red Chillies ? Toban Jhan (Red Chillies ? Soybeans ? Salt ? Rapeseed Oil ? Water ? Ginger Purée ? Dried Red Chillies ? Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid ? Wheat (contains Gluten)) ? Hoisin Sauce (Sugar ? Water ? Salt ? Soybeans ? Wheatflour (contains Gluten) ? Rice Vinegar ? Garlic ? Koji Red Rice ? Sesame Oil ? Colour: Plain Caramel ? Red Chillies ? Ground Spices (Sichuan Pepper ? Star Anise ? Ginger ? Cumin ? Coriander ? Cloves ? Cinnamon) ? Tangerine Peel ? Tsaoko Fruit) ? Shaoxing Rice Wine (contains Wheat, Gluten) ? Salt ? Tamarind Paste ? Sugar ? Ginger Purée ? Chicken Stock (Water ? Chicken Bones) ? Cornflour ? Adzuki Beans ? Honey ? Fish and Shellfish Stock (Salt ? Cod (Fish) ? Crab (Crustacean) ? Mussel Extract (Mollusc) ? Water ? Tomato Paste ? Concentrated Carrot Juice ? Lobster (Crustacean) ? Onions ? Rapeseed Oil ? Sugar ? Ground Paprika ? Turmeric) ? Dried Garlic ? Sunflower Oil ? Garlic Purée ? Rice Flour ? Acidity Regulator: Acetic Acid ? Colour: Curcumin. For allergens see ingredients in bold.

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.

E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.

2 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.

Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 544 pasta dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 218th. 72% of the pasta dishes 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 544 pasta dishes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00250078, last edited 25 June 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.