Is Noodle Master Hot chicken flavor ramen ultra-processed?

110g Chinese noodles Sold in Ireland and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour

38 ingredients
1 additive

Less processed chinese 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

Nouilles 75.91% (farine de BLÉ tendre 59.9689%, huile de palme (huile de palme, antioxydant (extrait riche en tocophérols)), sel), Assaisonnement 21.82% (eau, huile de tournesol (huile de tournesol, antioxydant (extrait riche en tocophérols)), sauce SOJA (eau, graines de SOJA, farine de BLÉ, sel), sucre, maltodextrine, arôme, oignon en poudre, ail en poudre, extrait de levure, protéines de SOJA hydrolyzées, piment en poudre 2%, poivre, piment rouge 1%, sel, colorant (ultra-processing marker) (extrait de paprika), exhausteurs de goût (inosinate disodique et guanylate disodique)), Légumes déshydratées 2.27% (choux, piment rouge 0.908%), Peut contenir des traces de crustacés, LAIT et CELERI

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

Nouilles 75,91% (farine de BLÉ tendre 79%, huile de palme (huile de palme, antioxydant : extrait riche en tocophérols), sel), Assaisonnement 21,82% (eau, huile de tournesol (huile de tournesol, antioxydant : extrait riche en tocophérols), sauce SOJA (eau, graines de SOJA, farine de BLÉ, sel), sucre, maltodextrine, arôme, oignon en poudre, ail en poudre, extrait de levure, protéines de SOJA hydrolyzées, piment en poudre 2%, poivre, piment rouge 1%, sel, colorant: extrait de paprika, exhausteurs de goût: inosinate disodique et guanylate disodique), Légumes déshydratées 2.27% (choux, piment rouge 40%) Peut contenir des traces de crustacés, LAIT et CELERI.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 24 chinese noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 71% of the chinese 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 24 chinese noodles, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6976016652691, last edited 26 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.
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