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Maggi Chicken Flavor Bouillon Cubes

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Weak nutrition · Ultra-processed · per 100 g

Weak nutrition and a factory recipe. Fine as a rare treat — not as a habit.

Worse than 10 in 10 packs in Condiments. The swap is on this aisle.

Council note

Ultra-processed — flavours, extras, a list a kitchen would not write. A dietitian would not make this a weekday habit. Worse than 10 in 10 packs in Condiments. The swap is on this aisle.

The pack

Weak nutrition and a factory recipe. Fine as a rare treat — not as a habit.

How often

Rarely

Who it’s for

Anyone comparing similar products in this aisle.

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It clashes with the notes you keep in your profile — allergens, diet, or extras you asked us to flag.

  • A weak nutrition box cannot be rated Good
  • Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
  • Two red lights on the box cannot be rated Good

At a glance

How often

Rarely

Nutrition box

Weak

How processed

Ultra-processed

Extras

3 additives

Planet

Heavier footprint · 40/100

Organic

Not organic

Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. Cannot be rated Good — a rare treat, not a habit.

Palm oil, heavy processing, or farming choices that cost more than they give back.

Source pack factsFind in stores

No shelf price logged yet. When a shopper posts a receipt to Open Prices, it lands here.

Why this number

Weak nutrition and a factory recipe. Fine as a rare treat — not as a habit.

Poor · 25/100 · nutrition weak

  • Nutrition quality11/100
  • Ingredients65/100
  • How processed16/100
  • Organic0/100

What pulled it down

  • A weak nutrition box cannot be rated Good

    Sugars, salt or saturated fat dominate this box. Poor at best — a treat, not a habit.

  • Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good

    A factory recipe — flavours, colours, or many additives — cannot be rated Good. A sometimes treat, not a daily habit.

  • Two red lights on the box cannot be rated Good

    Two red lights on salt, sugar or saturated fat keep this at Poor, not Good.

  • A weak nutrition box

    About 2 teaspoons of sugar in 100 g. Salt is high. Fat is high. Sugars, salt or saturated fat dominate.

  • Ultra-processed

    Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. A growing pile of research ties a diet of these to poorer health — not because one biscuit is poison, but because the pattern crowds out real food.

  • Monosodium glutamate

    -5

    Flavour enhancer. Safe for most; a subset reports sensitivity.

  • Disodium 5'-ribonucleotides

    -5

    Stacked with MSG in cubes and noodles.

  • Sulphite ammonia caramel

    -5

    Caramel colour used in colas. 4-MEI impurity is the main concern.

  • Palm oil

    -8

    High in saturated fat. Process contaminants (3-MCPD, glycidyl esters) in refined oils.

  • Factory flavour system

    -12

    MSG stacked with inosinate or guanylate is a lab flavour, not a kitchen one. It is how a chip tastes like cheese without much cheese.

Nutrition is half the number. Ingredients a quarter. How processed a fifth. Organic is a small bonus — it cannot rescue a sugary drink or a nitrite ham. How this compares to Nutri-Score

Nutrition · per 100 g

Energy1260 kJ
Sugars8 gMedium

A little sugar — about 2 teaspoons in 100 g.

Saturated fat12 gHigh
Salt40 gHigh

Salty. Easy to overshoot a day’s worth if this is a habit.

Fibre0 g
Protein4 g

Better neighbours

Same aisle, cleaner number. Ranked by how close the job is — not by who paid.

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Ingredients

Salt, palmolein, flavour enhancers (MSG, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), sugar, corn starch, chicken fat, caramel colour, turmeric.

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