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Is Wasabi Home Bento BBQ Beef Yakisoba ultra-processed?

400g Noodles Sold in the United Kingdom and the United States

Pack of Wasabi Home Bento BBQ Beef Yakisoba

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:

  • 196 ingredients
  • 13 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

Vegetable Fried Noodle 73%, Wheat Noodles, Water, Wheat Noodles (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Salt, Turmeric, Paprika, Acidity Regulator (e330), Firming Agents (e501, e500)), Cabbage, White Onion, Rapeseed Oil, Noodle Sauce (Water, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Onion, Molasses, Tamarind Paste, Cornflour, Garlic Puree, Cloves, Ginger), Teriyaki Sauce (Soy Sauce (Water, Soybean, Wheat, Salt), Wine, Sugar, Water, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Spice Extracts, Onion, Garlic), Carrot, Green Pea, Stir-Fried Sauce (Water, Sugar, Salt, Molasses, Yeast Extract, Non-Modified Starch, Barley Malt Extract, Garlic Extract), Dark Soy Sauce (Water, Soybean, Sugar Salt, Wheat Flour), Sugar, Sesame Dil, Flavour Enhancer (e621), Beef, Beef 7%, Marination, Teriyaki Sauce, Sugar, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybean, Wheat, Salt, Alcohol (Ethanol)), Water, Sake, Modified Starch, Colour (e150 (c)), Water, Pear Puree (Poor Puree antioxidant (e300)), Glucose, Flavour Enhancers (e621, e635), Salt, Glucose, Dried Help Powder, Sugar, Help Extract (Dextrin, Help, Flavour Enhancer (e621), Salt), Garlic Puree, Salt, Onion, Ginger, White Pepper, Barbeque Sauce 3%, Teriyaki Sauce (Soy Sauce (Soybean, Wheat, Salt), Wine, Sugar, Water, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Spice Extracts, Onion, Garlic), Tomato Ketchup, Water, Tomato Paste, Glucose Syrup, Malt Vinegar (Barley), Sugar, Maize Starch, Salt, Colour (e150 (c)), Acidity Regulator (e330), Onion, Garlic, Black Pepper, Clove, Sweet Chilli, Water, Sugar, Chilli (Chilli, Water, Salt, Acidity Regulator (e260), Garlic, Modified Tapioca Starch, Salt, Acidity Regulator (e260)), Mirin (Glucose Syrup, Water, Spirit Vinegar, Fermented Rice Alcohol (Water, Rice, Alcohol, Rice Malt), Sugar, Acidity Regulator (e330), Cane Molasses), Teriyaki Sauce, Sugar, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybean, Wheat, Salt, Alcohol (Ethanol)), Water, Sake (Water, Rice, Hoji), Modified Starch, Colour (e150 (c)), Thickener (e415), Red Pepper Paste, Corn Flour, Carrot, Edamame Bean (Soybean), Red Pepper, Yellow Pepper, Rapeseed Oil

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E14XX Modified Starch , E150 Caramel , E1510 Ethanol , E220 Sulphur dioxide , E260 Acetic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E501 Potassium carbonates , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide

As written on the pack

Vegetable Fried Noodle (73%) (Wheat Noodles (Water, Wheat Noodles (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Salt,Turmeric, Paprika, Acidity Regulator (E330), Firming Agents (E501, E500)), Cabbage, White Onion, Rapeseed Oil, Noodle Sauce (Water, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Onion Puree, Molasses, Tamarind Paste, Cornflour, Garlic Puree, Ground Cloves, Ginger Puree), Teriyaki Sauce (Soy Sauce (Water, Soybean, Wheat, Salt), Wine (Sulphur Dioxide), Sugar, Water, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Spice Extracts, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder), Carrot, Green Pea, Stir-Fried Sauce (Water, Sugar, Salt, Molasses, Yeast Extract, Non-Modified Starch, Barley Malt Extract, Garlic Extract), Dark Soy Sauce (Water, Soybean, Sugar Salt, Wheat Flour), Sugar, Sesame Dil, Flavour Enhancer (E621)), Marinated Beef (Beef (7%), Marination (Teriyaki Sauce (Sugar, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybean, Wheat. Salt, Alcohol (Ethanol)), Water, Sake, Modified Starch, Colour (E150(c))), Water, Pear Puree (Poor Puree antioxidant (E300)), Glucose, (Flavour Enhancers (E621, E635), Salt, Glucose, Dried Help Powder, Sugar, Help Extract (Dextrin, Help, Flavour Enhancer (E621), Salt), Garlic Puree, Salt, Onion Puree, Ginger Puree, White Pepper, Barbeque Sauce (3%) (Teriyaki Sauce (Soy Sauce (Soybean, Wheat, Salt), Wine (Sulphur Dioxide), Sugar, Water, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Spice Extracts, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder), Tomato Ketchup (Water, Tomato Paste, Glucose Syrup, Malt Vinegar (Barley), Sugar, Maize Starch, Salt, Colour (E150(c)), Acidity Regulator (E330), Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Black Pepper, Clove), Sweet Chilli (Water, Sugar, Chilli (Chilli, Water, Salt, Acidity Regulator (E260), Garlic, Modified Tapioca Starch, Salt, Acidity Regulator (E260)), Mirin (Glucose Syrup, Water, Spirit Vinegar, Fermented Rice Alcohol (Water, Rice, Alcohol, Rice Malt) Sugar, Acidity Regulator (E330), Cane Molasses), Teriyaki Sauce (Sugar (Soy Sauce (Water, Soybean, Wheat, Salt, Alcohol (Ethanol)), Water, Sake (Water, Rice, Hoji), Modified Starch, Colour (E150(c)), Thickener (E415)), Red Pepper Paste, Corn Flour), Carrot, Edamame Bean (Soybean), Red Pepper, Yellow Pepper, Rapeseed Oil.

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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E150 Caramel A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
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  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.
  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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 416 noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 401st. 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 5056297000723, 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.
  • 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.