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Is Tesco Finest Shanghai Style Noodles With Beef ultra-processed?

380 g Noodles Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Finest Shanghai Style Noodles With Beef

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 47 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed 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 (Water, Wheat Flour, Salt), Water, Beef 12% (Beef, Water, Cornflour, Sherry, Garlic Purée, Sugar, Salt, Soya Beans, Wheat, Sugar, Alcohol), Cabbage, Beansprouts, Red Pepper, Onion, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Black Soya Beans, Sesame Oil, Cornflour, Salt, Soya Beans, Wheat, Yellow Soya Beans, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Ginger, Red Chilli Purée, Chicken, Rice Vinegar, Chilli, Spirit Vinegar, Molasses, Yeast Extract, Wheat Flour, Alcohol, Carrot, Leek, Parsley, Garlic, White Pepper, Bay Leaf

As written on the pack

Cooked Noodles [Water, Wheat Flour, Salt], Water, Cooked Marinated Beef (12%) [Beef, Water, Cornflour, Sherry, Garlic Purée, Caramelised Sugar Powder, Salt, Soya Beans, Wheat, Sugar, Alcohol], Cabbage, Beansprouts, Red Pepper, Onion, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Black Fermented Soya Beans, Sesame Oil, Cornflour, Salt, Soya Beans, Wheat, Yellow Soya Beans, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Ginger Purée, Red Chilli Purée, Chicken Extract, Rice Vinegar, Chilli Flakes, Spirit Vinegar, Molasses, Yeast Extract, Wheat Flour, Alcohol, Carrot, Leek, Parsley, Garlic, White Pepper, Bay Leaf

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 416 noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 88th. 73% of the 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 416 noodles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697778179, last edited 14 June 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.