Is Vitasia Miso Soup ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavouring
- Gluten
- Modified starch
- E150a Plain caramel
- E401 Sodium alginate
- E415 Xanthan gum
- and 1 more
- 39 ingredients
- 7 additives
Less processed instant noodles
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Udon WHEAT noodles 85% (water, WHEAT flour, salt (processing marker), modified tapioca starch (ultra-processing marker), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), e270, e401 (ultra-processing marker)), miso sauce 13% (water, SOYBEAN miso paste (soybeans, water, salt (processing marker)), sugar (processing marker), soy sauce (processing marker) (water, soybeans, wheat, salt (processing marker)), salt (processing marker), onion powder, Wakame seaweed, garlic powder, yeast extract, e150a (ultra-processing marker), e415 (ultra-processing marker), e330, e635 (ultra-processing marker), flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), tofu 1% (soybeans, water, e575), spring onion, spinach, fis, peanuts, sesame seeds
Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E401 Sodium alginate , E415 Xanthan gum , E575 Glucono-delta-lactone , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide
As written on the pack
Udon WHEAT noodles 85 % (water, WHEAT flour, salt, modified tapioca starch, WHEAT GLUTEN, acidity regulator: E 270, thickener: E 401), miso sauce 13 % (water, SOYBEAN miso paste (SOYBEANS, water, salt), sugar, SOY SAUCE (water, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, salt), salt, onion powder, Wakame seaweed, garlic powder, yeast extract, colour: E 150a, thickener: E 415, acidity regulator: E 330, flavour enhancer: E 635, flavouring), freeze-dried tofu pieces 1% (SOYBEANS, water, firming agent: E 575), dried spring onion pieces, dried spinach pieces. May contain: crustaceans, eggs, fis, peanuts, sesame seeds.
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.
- E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
- E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
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.
Among 242 instant noodles
From least to most processed, this one ranks 148th. 93% of the instant noodles here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489918868, last edited 28 June 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
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