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Is Naked Noodles ultra-processed?

Instant noodles Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Naked 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:

  • 37 ingredients
  • 5 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 77% (WHEAT Flour, Palm Oil, Salt, Raising Agents (Potassium Carbonate, Sodium Carbonate)), Natural Flavourings (contain WHEAT), Pato Starch, Chicory Fibre, Soy Sauce Powder Maltodextrin, Salt, SOYA Beans, heat, Sugar, Dried Carrot, Spring Onion, Red Pepper, Garlic, Colour (Plain Caramel), Ground Ginger, Chinese Five Spice (Salt, Star Anise, Sugar, Onion, Garlic, Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Clove, Fennel Seed, Ginger), including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in BOLB, Also

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate

As written on the pack

Dried Noodles (77%) [WHEAT Flour, Palm Oil, Salt, Raising Agents (Potassium Carbonate, Sodium Carbonate)], Natural Flavourings (contain WHEAT), Pato Starch, Chicory Fibre, Soy Sauce Powder Maltodextrin, Salt, SOYA Beans, HEAT), Sugar, Dried Carrot, Dried Spring Onion, Dried Red Pepper, Garlic Powder, Colour (Plain Caramel), Ground Ginger, Chinese Five Spice [Salt, Star Anise, Sugar, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Clove, Fennel Seed, Ginger]. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in BOLB. Also, may contain milk, mustard and egg.

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 242 instant noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 78th. 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 5050665048690, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.