Yes — Chicken Flavour Super Noodles is ultra-processed.
This product is classified as ultra-processed because it contains multiple industrial ingredients and additives, including palm oil (a highly refined oil), maltodextrin, dried glucose syrup (an industrial sugar), flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate, disodium 5′-ribonucleotides), generic flavouring, and several stabilisers/thickeners (guar gum, gum arabic). The presence of these ingredients places it in the NOVA ultra-processed foods group.
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Yes — Chicken Flavour Super Noodles by Batchelors is ultra-processed, so it counts as a UPF (ultra-processed food). This product is classified as ultra-processed because it contains multiple industrial ingredients and additives, including palm oil (a highly refined oil), maltodextrin, dried glucose syrup (an industrial sugar), flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate, disodium 5′-ribonucleotides), generic flavouring, and several stabilisers/thickeners (guar gum, gum arabic). The presence of these ingredients places it in the NOVA ultra-processed foods group.
Nomi flags 10 ingredients in Chicken Flavour Super Noodles as ultra-processed markers: noodles, monosodium glutamate, color (carotenes), tocopherol-rich extract, maltodextrin, dried glucose syrup, flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate, disodium 5-ribonucleotides), yeast extract powder, flavouring, guar gum (thickener). See the full ingredient breakdown above for what each one is.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations made with ingredients and additives you wouldn't find in a home kitchen — such as emulsifiers, artificial flavourings, colourings and modified starches. The classification is based on the NOVA system used by researchers and dietitians worldwide.
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.