Is Nissin Hot & Spicy Chicken Flavor Ramen Noodle Soup ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 54 ingredients
- 12 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (processing marker) (palm oil, palm olein oil), salt (processing marker), contains less than 2% of beta carotene color, citric acid, coconut palm sugar (processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), disodium guanylate (ultra-processing marker), disodium inosinate (ultra-processing marker), disodium succinate, cabbage, corn, green onion, parsley, red bell pepper, egg white, garlic, garlic powder, hydrolyzed corn protein, hydrolyzed soy protein, lactose (ultra-processing marker), lemongrass, lime juice, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), onion powder, potassium chloride powdered chicken, rendered chicken fat, shallot, silicon dioxide, sodium benzoate (preservative (processing marker)), sodium diacetate, sodium phosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate (ultra-processing marker), soybean, spice, color (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), tbhq (preservative (processing marker)), textured soy protein, tocopherol (preservative (processing marker)), water, xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E211 Sodium benzoate , E262 Sodium acetates , E262ii Sodium diacetate , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E319 Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) , E330 Citric acid , E363 Succinic acid , E415 Xanthan gum , E452 Polyphosphates , E452vi Sodium tripolyphosphate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate
As written on the pack
enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (palm oil, palm olein oil), salt, contains less than 2% of beta carotene color, citric acid, coconut palm sugar, dextrose, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, disodium succinate, dried cabbage flake, dried corn, dried green onion, dried parsley, dried red bell pepper, egg white, garlic, garlic powder, hydrolyzed corn protein, hydrolyzed soy protein, lactose, lemongrass, lime juice, maltodextrin, natural flavor, onion powder, potassium chloride powdered chicken, rendered chicken fat, shallot, silicon dioxide, sodium benzoate (preservative), sodium diacetate, sodium phosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, soybean, spice and color, sugar, tbhq (preservative), textured soy protein, tocopherol (preservative), water, xanthan gum,
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.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- E452 Polyphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
- E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
- 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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
5 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 242 instant noodles
From least to most processed, this one ranks 207th. 93% of the instant noodles here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0070662096314, 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.