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Is Pot Noodle Lost the pot Chicken 85g ultra-processed?

Instant noodles Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Pot Noodle Lost the pot Chicken 85g

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 7 additives

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

noodles 100% (wheat flour, rapeseed oil, potato starch, salt, raising agents (potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate), maltodextrin, flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate disodium 5-ribonucleotides), salt, sugar, potassium chloride, flavourings, yeast extract, onion, potato starch, spices (turmeric, black pepper), spring onions, garlic rapeseed oil, acidity regulator (citric acid))

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate , E508 Potassium chloride , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide.

As written on the pack

noodles (93%) [wheat flour, rapeseed oil, potato starch, salt, raising agents (potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate)], [maltodextrin, flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate disodium 5-ribonucleotides), salt, sugar, potassium chloride, flavourings (contain milk), yeast extract, onion, potato starch, spices (turmeric, black pepper), spring onions, garlic rapeseed oil, acidity regulator (citric acid)], may contain soy, celery 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.

  • E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
  • 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.
4 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 242 instant noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 82nd. 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 8720182414137, last edited 27 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.