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Is Wasabi Vegetable Gyoza Yakisoba ultra-processed?

Frozen ready-made meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Wasabi Vegetable Gyoza 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:

  • 106 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

vegetable fried noodle 78%, wheat noodles (wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, salt, turmeric, paprika, e330, e501, e500), cabbage, noodle sauce (water, sugar, spirit vinegar, salt, onion, molasses, tamarind paste, cornflour, garlic puree, ground cloves, ginger), teriyaki sauce (soy sauce (water, soybean, wheat, salt), wine, sugar, water, spirit vinegar, salt, spice extracts, onion powder, garlic powder), 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, e621, white onion, rapeseed oil, green pea, carrot, sesame oil, fried vegetable gyoza 16%, vegetables (cabbage, pea, edamame bean (soybean), carrot, white radish), wheat flour, water, breadcrumbs (wheat flour, salt, yeast), salt, spinach powder, soy sauce (water, soybean, wheat, salt), wheat gluten, garlic powder, sesame oil, potato starch, natural flavouring (wheat), ginger powder, black pepper, teriyaki sauce sachet, sugar, soy sauce (water, soybean, wheat, salt, alcohol), water, sake, modified maize starch, e150 (c)

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E150 Caramel , E220 Sulphur dioxide , E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E501 Potassium carbonates , E621 Monosodium glutamate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E220 Sulphur dioxide.

As written on the pack

vegetable fried noodle (78%) (wheat noodles (wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, salt, turmeric, paprika, acidity regulator (e330), firming agents (e501, e500)), cabbage, 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), 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, flavour enhancer (e621), white onion, rapeseed oil, green pea, carrot, sesame oil), fried vegetable gyoza (16%) (vegetables (cabbage, pea, edamame bean (soybean), carrot, white radish), wheat flour, water, breadcrumbs (wheat flour, salt, yeast), salt, spinach powder, soy sauce (water, soybean, wheat, salt), wheat gluten, garlic powder, sesame oil, potato starch, natural flavouring (wheat), ginger powder, black pepper), teriyaki sauce sachet (sugar, soy sauce (water, soybean, wheat, salt, alcohol), water, sake, modified maize starch, colour (e150(c))

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.

  • 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.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • 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.
7 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.

  • E220 Sulphur dioxide Sulphur dioxide is a preservative and antioxidant used in dried fruit, wine and some drinks.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 84 frozen ready-made meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 75th. 69% of the frozen ready-made meals 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 84 frozen ready-made meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5056297000051, last edited 14 September 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.