Cup Noodle Soup
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0031146017188 · Nongshim Co. Ltd.. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Cup Noodle Soup by Nongshim Co. Ltd. scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 61 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 61-component record, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 100/100
- Safe safety score
- 0
- None flagged · of 61 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- D
- Nutri-Score nutrition grade
Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.
Composite profile score
One verdict from three independent sources
63/100
Grade C+
Ingredient Safety
100/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
D
Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade
Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.
46017188 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Cup Noodle Soup label screening desk
20 of 61 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: D-sorbitol). Source sheet 46017188 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Cup noodle soup · Nearest score peer is Cup noodle soup at the same screening score.
Screening model notes
How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record
Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.
This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.
The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish
Cup Noodle Soup lists 61 ingredients on its label
61 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 359,392 products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 6,050 products (2%)
- 2–4
- 24,522 products (7%)
- 4–6
- 31,054 products (9%)
- 6–8
- 30,981 products (9%)
- 8–10
- 31,618 products (9%)
- 10–12
- 29,943 products (8%)
- 12–14
- 28,403 products (8%)
- 14–16
- 27,417 products (8%)
- 16–18
- 24,508 products (7%)
- 18–20
- 19,062 products (5%)
- 20–22
- 14,679 products (4%)
- 22–24
- 12,238 products (3%)
- 24–26
- 10,830 products (3%)
- 26–28
- 9,344 products (3%)
- 28–30
- 7,955 products (2%)
- 30–32
- 6,753 products (2%)
- 32–34
- 5,918 products (2%)
- 34–36
- 5,282 products (1%)
- 36–38
- 4,531 products (1%)
- 38–40
- 4,063 products (1%)
- 40 and above
- 24,241 products (7%)
Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026
Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), PALM OIL, POTATO STARCH, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: CARAMEL* (COLOR), CORN FLOUR, CRAB*, CUTTLEFISH*, DEHYDRATED VEGETABLES (GREEN ONION, CARROT, SEAWEED), DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DRIED FISH CAKE (POLLOCK, WHEAT STARCH, D-SORBITOL, SUGAR, CANOLA OIL, WHEAT GLUTEN, SALT, SHRIMP, PAPRIKA COLOR), DRIED SHRIMP, GARLIC*, GINGER*, GREEN ONION*, GREEN TEA EXTRACT, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, MUSHROOM EXTRACT*, MUSSEL*, NATURAL FLAVORS, ONIONS*, OYSTER*, POLLOCK EXTRACT*, POTASSIUM CARBONATE, RADISH EXTRACT*, RED CHILI PEPPER*, RIBOFLAVIN (COLOR), SCALLOP EXTRACT*, SEA SQUIRT*, SEAWEED EXTRACT*, SHRIMP*, SODIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SOY SAUCE (SOY, WHEAT, SALT), SOY*, SUGAR, TOCOPHEROLS (ANTIOXIDANT), TUNA EXTRACT*, YEAST EXTRACT. *POWDERED.
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Cup Noodle Soup
Neighbours outside Nongshim Co. Ltd. with screening scores in the same high band as Cup Noodle Soup (100/100 here). The 4 same-brand links above stay within Nongshim Co. Ltd.; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (61 on 0031146017188).
Read the longer label in layers
Read the longer label in layers
Cup Noodle Soup has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its published comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.
- Open D-sorbitol first, then work through the remaining 61 parsed entries. Inspect ingredients
- Compare this longer label with a cross-brand product of similar list depth. Compare label depth
- Use the methodology to separate a derived screening score from dietary or medical advice. Read the boundary
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0031146017188: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.