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Is Naked Thai Style Green Curry Egg Noodles ultra-processed?

Noodles Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Naked Thai Style Green Curry Egg 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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed 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

Dried Egg Noodles (Soft WHEAT, Durum WHEAT Semolina, egg, Salt, Acidity Regulator (Potassium Carbonate)), Potato Starch, Natural flavourings, Maltodextrin, Coconut Milk 2.6%, Dried Glucose Syrup, Palm Oil, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Sugar, Spinach, Red Pepper, Salt, Chilli, Cumin, Ground Ginger, Coriander, Milk Proteins Stabilisers (Dipotassium Phosphate, Trisodium Citrate), Colour (Curcumin), Natural Lemongrass Flavouring

Additives: E331 Sodium citrates , E331iii Trisodium citrate , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate

As written on the pack

Dried Egg Noodles [Soft WHEAT, Durum WHEAT Semolina, egg, Salt, Acidity Regulator (Potassium Carbonate)], Potato Starch, Natural flavourings, Maltodextrin, Coconut Milk Powder (2.6%), Dried Glucose Syrup, Palm Oil, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Sugar, Spinach, Red Pepper, Salt, Chilli Powder, Ground Cumin, Ground Ginger, Dried Coriander, Milk Proteins Stabilisers (Dipotassium Phosphate, Trisodium Citrate), Colour (Curcumin) Natural Lemongrass Flavouring.

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.

  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 416 noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 253rd. 73% of the 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 416 noodles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5050665037069, last edited 7 July 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.