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Is Pot Noodle Sweet and Sour ultra-processed?

90g Pot noodles Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Pot Noodle Sweet and Sour

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:

  • 74 ingredients
  • 10 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed pot 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

sauce, vegetables (water), vegetables 12%, ingredients (after preparation), noodles (noodles 52%, wheat flour), palm fat, salf, fiming agents (potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate), malt extract, söybeans, wheat flour, lemon juice (water, salt, sugar, barley malt vinegar, barley sachet (sweet& sour sauce 1.3%, water), sugar, barley malt vinegar, tomato puree, modified com starch, salt, onions, citric acid, best before end (see date on lid, side, monosodium glutamate), disodium inosinate, disodium =o guanylate, salt, sodium diacetate, red pepper, carrot 4%, peas, tomato powder, onion powder, sugar, potato starch, maltodextrin, apple wheat), garlic, calcium phosphates, ted pepper, carrot 4%, peas, tomato powder, onion powder, citric acid, tartaric acid, flavour enhancers quanylate, salt, acidity requlator, sodium diacetate, hovourings, palm fat, spices, soy sauce, soybeans (water, salt, sugar, barley malt vinegar, concentrate, ginger extract), www.potnoodle.com 000

Additives: E262 Sodium acetates , E262ii Sodium diacetate , E330 Citric acid , E334 L(+)-tartaric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

sauce and vegetables: water, vegetables (12%) ingredients (after preparation) noodles: noodles (52%) [wheat flour, palm fat, salf, fiming agents (potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate). malt extract, söybeans, wheat flour), lemon juice (water, salt, sugar, barley malt vinegar, barley sachet: sweet& sour sauce (1.3%) [water, sugar, barley malt vinegar, tomato puree, modified com starch, salt, onions, acid (citric acid), soy sauce may contain milk, egg, celery and mustard. best before end: see date on lid/side (monosodium glutamate, disodium inosinate, disodium =o guanylate), salt, açidity regulator (sodium diacetate), [red pepper, carrot (4%), peas, tomato powder, onion powder, sugar, potato starch, maltodextrin, apple wheat), garlic, stabiliser (calcium phosphates). ted pepper, carrot (4%), peas, tomato powder, onion powder, acids (citric acid, tartaric acid), flavour enhancers quanylate), salt, acidity requlator (sodium diacetate, hovourings, palm fat, spices, soy sauce (soybeans, (water, salt, sugar, barley malt vinegar, concentrate, ginger extract). www.potnoodle.com 000

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.
  • 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.

  • 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 21 pot noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 81% of the pot 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 21 pot noodles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000118203510, last edited 31 August 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.