Is Saitaku Miso Chicken Ramen ultra-processed?

210 ml Soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Emulsifier
Flavouring
Glucose
Maltodextrin
E415 Xanthan gum

36 ingredients
2 additives

Less processed soups

Vegetable and roast chicken soup Yorkshire Provender 46 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
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Vegetable soup New Covent Garden 16 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

vatten, miso 18% (vatten, soja, ris, salt (processing marker)), broilerfett 6%, soja, ris, broilerbuljong 4% (salt (processing marker), morot, lök, tomat, ingefära, vitlök, majsmjöl, socker (processing marker), glukos (ultra-processing marker)), lakrits, rapsolja, majsstärkelse (processing marker), aromer (ultra-processing marker), jästextrakt, Sirap, karamel, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), kryddor, örter, risvinäger, emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (leathin), stabiliseringsmedel (xantangummi (ultra-processing marker)), surhetsreglerande medel (mjölksyra)

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

vatten, miso 18% (vatten, soja, ris, salt), broilerfett 6%, soja, ris, broilerbuljong 4% (salt, morot, lök, tomat, ingefära, vitlök, majsmjöl, socker, glukos) lakrits, rapsolja, majsstärkelse, aromer, jästextrakt, Sirap, karamel, maltodextrin, kryddor, örter, risvinäger. emulgeringsmedel (leathin), stabiliseringsmedel (xantangummi), surhetsreglerande medel (mjölksyra)

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.

E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 611th. 63% of the soups 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 722 soups, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060194792377, 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.