Ramen Noodle Soup

How it scored 38 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 42 listed

• 1 Fortified Wheat Flour
  Wheat flour to which specific micronutrients (typically iron, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, and folic acid) have been added during milling to…
  Low
• 2 Vegetable Oil
  Generic term covering edible oils extracted from plant sources (soybean, canola, corn, sunflower, palm, etc.).
  Low
• 3 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 4 Vegetable
  Generic, unspecified umbrella term referring to any of multiple edible plant species used as vegetables.
  Safe
• 5 Maltodextrin
  A short-chain glucose polymer (3–20 glucose units, DE 3–20) produced by partial enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn, potato, rice, or wheat…
  Moderate
• 6 Monosodium Glutamate
  Monosodium glutamate (MSG, E621) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, a non-essential amino acid.
  Low
• 7 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 8 Soy Sauce
  Fermented condiment made from soybeans, wheat, salt, and koji culture (Aspergillus).
  Low
• 9 Chicken
  Meat from domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
  Safe
• 10 Chicken Fat
  Rendered fat from chicken, used as a cooking and flavoring fat.
  Safe
• 11 Citric Acid
  Citric acid (E330), a weak organic acid naturally present in citrus fruit and produced commercially via Aspergillus niger fermentation.
  Low
• 12 Yeast Extract
  Concentrate of soluble compounds from autolyzed Saccharomyces yeast cells; contains naturally occurring glutamates and nucleotides.
  Low
• 13 Hydrolysed Corn Protein
  Corn protein broken down into smaller peptides and amino acids by acid or enzymatic hydrolysis.
  Low
• 14 Wheat
  Wheat is a cereal grain (genus Triticum).
  Low
• 15 Soy Protein
  Protein extracted from soybeans, sold as concentrate, isolate, or textured protein.
  Low
• 16 Potassium Carbonate
  Potassium carbonate (K2CO3); alkaline mineral salt.
  Low
• 17 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 18 Phosphate
  Generic term for phosphate-containing food additives such as sodium, potassium, or calcium phosphates used as leavening agents, emulsifiers,…
  Moderate
• 19 Turmeric
  Ground rhizome of the Curcuma longa plant; primary active compound is curcumin.
  Safe
• 20 Disodium Inosinate
  Disodium inosinate (IMP), a flavor-enhancing nucleotide derived from meat, fish, or fermentation. Used synergistically with MSG.
  Low
• 21 Disodium Guanylate
  Disodium guanylate (GMP), a flavor-enhancing nucleotide derived from yeast or fish, used synergistically with MSG.
  Low
• 22 Chicken Broth
  Liquid prepared by simmering chicken meat, bones, and aromatics in water.
  Safe
• 23 Lactose
  Disaccharide sugar (glucose + galactose) naturally present in milk; commercially produced from whey
  Low
• 24 Soya Lecithin
  A naturally occurring mixture of phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol) extracted from soybean …
  Low
• 25 Wheat Flour
  Powder ground from wheat grain (Triticum aestivum). Contains starch, gluten-forming proteins (gliadin, glutenin), bran, and germ depending o…
  Low
• 26 Nicotinic Acid
  Nicotinic acid (niacin or vitamin B3, pyridine-3-carboxylic acid). E375 is the EU additive code for its use as a vitamin/nutrient added to f…
  Low
• 27 Reduced Iron
  Elemental iron powder (Fe) produced by reducing iron oxide with hydrogen or carbon monoxide; used as a food fortificant.
  Low
• 28 Thiamin Mononitrate
  Synthetic, stable form of vitamin B1 (thiamine). The nitrate salt is preferred for fortification because it tolerates heat and humidity bett…
  Low
• 29 Riboflavin
  Riboflavin (vitamin B2), a water-soluble B vitamin. Used as a yellow-orange food color (E101) and as a vitamin fortificant.
  Low
• 30 Folic Acid
  Synthetic form of folate (vitamin B9). Pteroylmonoglutamic acid, a water-soluble B vitamin essential for DNA synthesis and red blood cell fo…
  Low
• 31 Cottonseed
  Seed of Gossypium spp. cotton plants; processed into oil, meal, and refined protein.
  Low
• 32 Palm Oil
  Edible oil extracted from the mesocarp of the fruit of Elaeis guineensis (oil palm). Semi-solid at room temperature; ~50% saturated fat (mos…
  Moderate
• 33 Corn
  Edible cereal grain from Zea mays.
  Safe
• 34 Carrot
  Edible taproot of the Daucus carota plant.
  Safe
• 35 Onion
  The edible bulb of Allium cepa L., a widely cultivated vegetable in the Allium family that also includes garlic, shallots, and leeks.
  Safe
• 36 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 37 Chives
  Hollow green leaves of Allium schoenoprasum, used as a culinary herb.
  Safe
• 38 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 39 Celery Seed
  Dried seeds of celery (Apium graveolens) used as a spice.
  Low
• 40 Soya Bean
  Seed of Glycine max; legume rich in protein and oil.
  Low
• 41 Mel
  Honey ('mel' in Portuguese/Spanish/Latin), a natural sweetener produced by bees.
  Low
• 42 Canola
  Canola (Brassica napus) — typically refers to canola oil, a low-erucic-acid rapeseed oil.
  Low