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Is Sunfeast Yippee Noodles ultra-processed?

72.6 g Instant noodles Sold in the United Kingdom and India

Pack of Sunfeast Yippee Noodles

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:

  • 62 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

Instant noodles (maida (refined wheat flour)), edible vegetable oil, iodized salt, wheat gluten 0.4%, thickeners, i, i, ii, Seasoning (masala mix), vegetables (beans 9.5%, carrot 7.1%, onion 4.6%, cabbage 3.8%), instant noodle powder (maida (refined wheat flour), edible vegetable oil, iodized salt, wheat gluten 0.07%), spices 17.6%, condiments 17.6% (garlic, coriander, cumin, ginger, chillies, aniseed, fenugreek, black pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, caraway, cinnamon, cloves, turmeric), sugar, iodized salt, hydrolyzed vegetable protein (soya, maltodextrin), natural flavours, natural flavouring substances, yeast extract, acidity regulator, nature identical flavouring substances, flavour enhancer, Sprinkler mix (topping, spices 67.8%, condiments 67.8%, garlic), chilli, black pepper bits, dehydrated onion, iodized salt, flavour enhancer, acidity regulator, nature identical flavouring substances

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E339 Sodium phosphates , E412 Guar gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E501 Potassium carbonates , E508 Potassium chloride , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E412 Guar gum, E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide.

As written on the pack

Instant noodles: maida (refined wheat flour) (78.7%), edible vegetable oil, iodized salt, wheat gluten (0.4%), thickeners (508, 412), acidity regulators [501(i), 500(i)], stabilizer [339(ii)]. Seasoning: masala mix: dehydrated vegetables [beans (9.5%), carrot (7.1%), onion (4.6%), cabbage (3.8%)], instant noodle powder {maida (refined wheat flour) (15.9%), edible vegetable oil, iodized salt, wheat gluten (0.07%)}, spices and condiments (17.6%) [garlic, coriander, cumin, dried ginger, chillies, aniseed, fenugreek, black pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, caraway, cinnamon, cloves, turmeric], sugar, iodized salt, hydrolyzed vegetable protein (defatted soya, maltodextrin), natural flavours and natural flavouring substances, yeast extract, acidity regulator (330), nature identical flavouring substances, flavour enhancer (635). Sprinkler mix (topping): spices & condiments (67.8%) [garlic, chilli flakes, black pepper bits], dehydrated onion, iodized salt, flavour enhancer (635), acidity regulator (330), nature identical flavouring substances.

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • 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.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
3 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 242 instant noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 151st. 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 8909081005251, last edited 2 October 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.