Is Mug Shot Comforting Chicken & Sweetcorn Noodles ultra-processed?

244.0g Instant noodles Sold in the United Kingdom and Australia

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Glucose
Glucose syrup
Milk proteins
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

20 ingredients
4 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

noodles, durum wheat semolina, egg white, salt (processing marker), dried glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), potato starch (processing marker), natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker) (contain wheat, barley), palm oil, sweetcorn, mushrooms, salt (processing marker), milk proteins (ultra-processing marker), chives, citric acid, coriander, black pepper, dipotassium phosphate, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

dried noodles (durum wheat semolina, egg white, salt], dried glucose syrup, potato starch, natural flavourings (contain wheat, barley), palm oil, dried sweetcorn, dried mushrooms. salt, milk proteins, dried chives, acid (citric acid), dried coriander, ground black pepper, stabiliser (dipotassium phosphate), emulsifier (mono - and di-glycerides of fatty acids).

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.

E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 242 instant noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 91st. 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 5021476000825, last edited 16 September 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.
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