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Is NEW chef's broth itsu noodles & broth katsu curry ultra-processed?

Pot noodles Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 36 ingredients
  • No additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Hand-folded rice noodles 63%, rice, tapioca starch, sal look! Nagano Valley miso broth paste 36%, water, soya beans, rice bran oil, sugar, salt, rice koji, curry 5%, Burmeric, coriander, fenugreek, cumin, orange no nasties で peel pepper, chilli pepper, cinnamon, fennel, ginger, star anise, hyme, bay leaves, doves, nutmeg, sage, cardamoml, yeast extract, alcohol, garlic, tamarind paste, paprika, onion, rice vinegar, coriander leaf, spring onion

As written on the pack

Hand-folded rice noodles (63%) (rice, tapioca starch, sal look! Nagano Valley miso broth paste (36%) (water, soya beans, rice bran oil, sugar, salt, rice koji, curry powder (5%) Burmeric, coriander, fenugreek, cumin, orange no nasties で peel pepper, chilli pepper, cinnamon, fennel, ginger, star anise, hyme, bay leaves, doves, nutmeg, sage, cardamoml, yeast extract, alcohol, garlic powder, tamarind paste, paprika, onion powder, rice vinegar, coriander leaf. dried spring onion

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 pot noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 81% of the pot 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 21 pot noodles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5061035300171, last edited 14 June 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.