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Is POT noodle Chicken & Mushroom Flavour ultra-processed?

90 g Instant noodles Sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland and 2 more countries

Pack of POT noodle Chicken & Mushroom Flavour

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:

  • 53 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed instant 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

oncentratet, citric acid, Sauce sachet 4% (Soy sauce, water), Soy sauce SORBEAIL WHEAT, barley, mushrooms 0.4%, herbs (chivest, sage), potato starch, mushro jie MK, Sugar, skimmed MILK powder, palm fat, salt, onion powder, yeastpowodr, antais Ingredients (as sold), POL Noodle mix 96% (noodles 69%, WHEAT flour, contains calcium carbonal), on niacin, thiamin, sunflower oil, palm oil, salt, potassium carbonate, sodium cadorater, maltodextrin, WHEAT flour, sweetcorn, potassium chloride, monosodium glutamate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, flavouring (aar LK), Sugar, skimmed MILK powder, palm fat, salt, onion powdert, yeast powder lan ge JbeHEAD, salt, molasses, sugar, acetic acid, From sustainmbio rolory, mustard

Additives: E260 Acetic acid , E330 Citric acid , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

oncentratet, acid (citric acid). Sauce sachet (4%): Soy sauce [water, Soy sauce SORBEAIL WHEAT, BARLEY), mushrooms (0.4%), herbs (chivest, sage), potato starch, mushro jie MK), Sugar, skimmed MILK powder, palm fat, salt, onion powder', yeastpowodr (antais Ingredients (as sold) POL Noodle mix (96%): Dried noodles (69%)[WHEAT flour (contains calcium carbonal, on niacin, thiamin), sunflower oil, palm oil, salt, firming agents (potassium carbonate, sodium cadorater, maltodextrin, WHEAT flour, sweetcorn, potassium chloride, flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), flavouring (aar LK), Sugar, skimmed MILK powder, palm fat. salt, onion powdert, yeast powder lan ge JbeHEAD), salt, molasses, sugar, acid (acetic acid)]. From sustainmbio rolory and mustard.

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.

  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
7 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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 242 instant noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 103rd. 93% of the instant 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 242 instant noodles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000118203503, last edited 26 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.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.