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Is Nongshim AnSungTangMyun Noodle ultra-processed?

125 g Instant noodle soups Sold in the United States, Bulgaria and 5 more countries

Pack of Nongshim AnSungTangMyun Noodle

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 10 additives

Less processed instant noodle soups

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 90% (wheat flour), potato starch, palm oil, rice flour, wheat gluten, salt, e501, e500, e339, e306, e322, e412, maltodextrin, garlic extract, green tea extract, e101, seasoning 10% (condiments, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, soy), wheat, maltodextrin, salt, yeast extract, black pepper, shiitake, salt, sugar, condiments (red chillies, garlic, rice bran oil, black pepper), seaweed, e631, e627, red chillies, e150c

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E150c Ammonia caramel , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E339 Sodium phosphates , E412 Guar gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E501 Potassium carbonates , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

noodles 90%: wheat flour, potato starch, palm oil, rice flour, wheat gluten, salt, acidity regulators e501, e500, e339, antioxidant: e306, emulsifier e322 (contains soy), thickener: e412, seasoning agent (maltodextrin, garlic extract), green tea extract, colour: e101, seasoning powder 10%: condiments (hydrolyzed vegetable protein (soy, wheat), maltodextrin, salt, yeast extract, black pepper, shiitake), salt, sugar, condiments (red chillies, garlic, rice bran oil, black pepper), dried seaweed, flavour enhancer: e631, e627, red chillies, colour: e150c, may contain barley, crustaceans, eggs, fish, peanuts, milk, celery, mustard, sesame seeds and molluscs,

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.

  • E101 Riboflavin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • 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.

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • 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.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 37 instant noodle soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 95% of the instant noodle soups 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 37 instant noodle soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8801043157735, last edited 9 June 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.