Top Ramen Chicken Flavor

How it scored 8 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 52 listed

• 1 Flour
  Powder from milled grain, typically wheat (Triticum spp.) unless otherwise specified.
  Low
• 2 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
• 3 Tapioca
  Starch extracted from cassava root (Manihot esculenta), sold as flour, pearls, or flakes.
  Safe
• 4 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 5 Carrot
  Edible taproot of the Daucus carota plant.
  Safe
• 6 Water
  Water intended for human consumption; the most common ingredient in processed foods and beverages. Bottled water is regulated as a food unde…
  Safe
• 7 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 8 Autolyzed Yeast Extract
  Concentrated mixture of free amino acids and peptides produced by enzymatic self-digestion of yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae).
  Low
• 9 Beta-Carotene Dye
  Beta-carotene used as a yellow-orange food coloring (E160a); produced naturally or synthetically.
  Low
• 10 Caramel
  Caramel: a dark colorant made by controlled heat treatment of food-grade carbohydrates; four classes (E150a-d) differ by manufacturing react…
  Moderate
• 11 Citric Acid
  Citric acid (E330), a weak organic acid naturally present in citrus fruit and produced commercially via Aspergillus niger fermentation.
  Low
• 12 Chicken Broth
  Liquid prepared by simmering chicken meat, bones, and aromatics in water.
  Safe
• 13 Corn Syrup
  A sweet, nutritive saccharide mixture produced from corn starch hydrolysate. The high-fructose form (HFCS) contains approximately 42% or 55%…
  Moderate
• 14 Disodium Guanylate
  Disodium guanylate (GMP), a flavor-enhancing nucleotide derived from yeast or fish, used synergistically with MSG.
  Low
• 15 Disodium Inosinate
  Disodium inosinate (IMP), a flavor-enhancing nucleotide derived from meat, fish, or fermentation. Used synergistically with MSG.
  Low
• 16 Disodium Succinate
  Disodium salt of succinic acid (E363 sodium salt).
  Low
• 17 Corn
  Edible cereal grain from Zea mays.
  Safe
• 18 Spring Onion
  Young Allium cepa harvested before the bulb fully matures; also called scallion or green onion.
  Safe
• 19 Leek
  Whole stalk of Allium ampeloprasum.
  Safe
• 20 Red Bell Pepper
  Mature, ripe fruit of the sweet (non-pungent) Capsicum annuum cultivar.
  Safe
• 21 Egg White
  The clear protein-rich liquid (albumen) inside chicken eggs.
  Low
• 22 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 23 Glucose
  Simple monosaccharide sugar (dextrose), naturally occurring and produced commercially from corn or other starches.
  Low
• 24 High Fructose Corn Syrup
  Sweet, nutritive saccharide mixture from enzymatic conversion of corn starch hydrolysate, containing approximately 42% or 55% fructose with …
  Moderate
• 25 Hydrolysed Corn Protein
  Corn protein broken down into smaller peptides and amino acids by acid or enzymatic hydrolysis.
  Low
• 26 Hydrolysed Soy Protein
  Soy protein broken down by acid or enzymatic hydrolysis into peptides and free amino acids; high in glutamic acid.
  Moderate
• 27 Lactose
  Disaccharide sugar (glucose + galactose) naturally present in milk; commercially produced from whey
  Low
• 28 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
• 29 Natural And Artificial Flavouring
  A blanket label for proprietary flavor mixtures combining naturally derived flavor constituents (essential oils, extracts, distillates) with…
  Low
• 30 Onion
  The edible bulb of Allium cepa L., a widely cultivated vegetable in the Allium family that also includes garlic, shallots, and leeks.
  Safe
• 31 Potassium Carbonate
  Potassium carbonate (K2CO3); alkaline mineral salt.
  Low
• 32 Potassium Chloride
  Potassium chloride (KCl), an inorganic salt commonly used as a low-sodium salt substitute and nutrient.
  Low
• 33 Chicken
  Meat from domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
  Safe
• 34 Chicken Fat
  Rendered fat from chicken, used as a cooking and flavoring fat.
  Safe
• 35 Rice
  Edible cereal grain (Oryza sativa), the seed of the rice plant, consumed as a staple food.
  Safe
• 36 Silicon Dioxide
  Silicon dioxide (silica, E551) is a synthetic amorphous silica.
  Low
• 37 Soya Bean
  Seed of Glycine max; legume rich in protein and oil.
  Low
• 38 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 39 Colour
  Generic ingredient term covering any of dozens of permitted colour additives — synthetic dyes (e.g. tartrazine E102, allura red E129, brilli…
  Low
• 40 Succinic Acid
  Succinic acid, a dicarboxylic acid found naturally in many foods.
  Low
• 41 Sucralose
  Sucralose (E955) is a chlorinated derivative of sucrose used as a high-intensity, non-caloric sweetener.
  Moderate
• 42 Tertiary-Butylhydroquinone (Tbhq)
  Synthetic phenolic antioxidant tert-butylhydroquinone, used to retard oxidation of fats and oils.
  High
• 43 Vinegar
  Dilute aqueous solution of acetic acid produced by acetic-acid-bacteria fermentation of ethanol from fruit, grain, or other carbohydrate sou…
  Safe
• 44 Wheat
  Wheat is a cereal grain (genus Triticum).
  Low
• 45 Xanthan Gum
  Xanthan gum is a high-molecular-weight polysaccharide produced by aerobic fermentation of glucose or sucrose by the bacterium Xanthomonas ca…
  Low
• 46 Wheat Flour
  Powder ground from wheat grain (Triticum aestivum). Contains starch, gluten-forming proteins (gliadin, glutenin), bran, and germ depending o…
  Low
• 47 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
• 48 Reduced Iron
  Elemental iron powder (Fe) produced by reducing iron oxide with hydrogen or carbon monoxide; used as a food fortificant.
  Low
• 49 Thiamin Mononitrate
  Synthetic, stable form of vitamin B1 (thiamine). The nitrate salt is preferred for fortification because it tolerates heat and humidity bett…
  Low
• 50 Riboflavin
  Riboflavin (vitamin B2), a water-soluble B vitamin. Used as a yellow-orange food color (E101) and as a vitamin fortificant.
  Low
• 51 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
• 52 Preservative
  Generic umbrella term for unspecified preservative additive(s).
  Low