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Is Pot Noodle Bombay Bad Boy 90g ultra-processed?

90 g Chinese noodles Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Pot Noodle Bombay Bad Boy 90g

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:

  • 48 ingredients
  • 3 additives

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

noodles 65% (Wheat flour (contains calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), palm oil, salt, potassium carbonate, sodium carbonates), maltodextrin, wheat flour, curry (coriander, cumin, turmeric, pepper, aniseed, cinnamon, fennel seed, ginger, lovage root, cayenne pepper, allspice), yeast extract, garlic, sweetcorn, peas, sugar, salt, onion powder, palm fat, barley malt extract, potato starch, soy sauce (soybeans, wheat), flavourings, citric acid, paprika, sauce 4% (water, spirit vinegar, modified corn starch, salt, cumin, cayenne pepper, flavourings)

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate

As written on the pack

Dried noodles 65% (Wheat flour (contains calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), palm oil, salt, firming agents (potassium carbonate, sodium carbonates)) maltodextrin, wheat flour, curry (coriander, cumin, turmeric, pepper, aniseed, cinnamon, fennel seed, ginger, lovage root, cayenne pepper, allspice), yeast extract, garlic, sweetcorn, peas, sugar, salt, onion powder, palm fat, barley malt extract, potato starch, soy sauce (soybeans, wheat), flavourings, acid (citric acid), paprika, sauce 4% (water, spirit vinegar, modified corn starch, salt, cumin, cayenne pepper, flavourings).

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 24 chinese noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 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 5000118203541, last edited 8 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.