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SHIN GOLD CHICKEN RAMEN

by Nongshim

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0031146063543 · Nongshim. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0031146063543 · Serving size 1 package (130 g)

The verdict

SHIN GOLD CHICKEN RAMEN by Nongshim scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 63 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 63-component record, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 63 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0031146063543
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

46063543 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

SHIN GOLD CHICKEN RAMEN label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 63 ing. REG-PART 38% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH SHIN BLACK · ±0 BOOK-OFF …063543 · July 2026

24 of 63 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 46063543 · 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: SHIN BLACK · Nearest score peer is SHIN BLACK 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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

1. SHIN GOLD CHICKEN RAMEN: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. SHIN GOLD CHICKEN RAMEN95/1002. SHIN BLACK: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. SHIN BLACK95/1003. Takoyaki Ball: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Takoyaki Ball95/1004. Onion Rings: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Onion Rings95/1005. Takoyaki Ball Japanese-Style BBQ Sauce Flavored Corn Puffs: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Takoyaki Ball Japanese-St…95/100
High-band neighbours for SHIN GOLD CHICKEN RAMEN (95/100) outside Nongshim.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

SHIN GOLD CHICKEN RAMEN
95/100
SHIN BLACK
95/100
Takoyaki Ball
95/100
Onion Rings
95/100
Takoyaki Ball Japanese-Style BBQ Sauce Flavored Corn Puffs
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

SHIN GOLD CHICKEN RAMEN lists 63 ingredients on its label

63 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 63 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 63 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Wheat Flour
2
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
3
Reduced Iron
4
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
7
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
8
Palm Oil
9
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Wheat
12
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
13
Scrambled Egg Flakes
14
Egg White
15
Corn Starch
16
Corn Flour
17
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
18
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
19
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
20
Beta-lactone
21
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
22
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
24
Onion
25
Black Pepper
26
Peas
27
Fructose Syrup
28
Gum Arabic
29
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
30
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
31
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
32
Lemon Peel
33
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
34
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
35
Natural Flavors
36
Sesame
37
Onion Flavored Oil
38
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
39
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
40
Organic Ginger
41
Tocopherols
ANTIOXIDANT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
42
Antioxidants
43
Parsley Flakes
44
Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Approved
45
Potassium Carbonate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
46
Red Chili Pepper
47
Color
48
Sodium Carbonate
ANTIOXIDANT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
49
Sodium Phosphates
50
Soybean Sprout Extract
51
Soybean
52
Spices
53
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
54
Antioxidant
55
Vegetable Mixture
56
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
57
Cabbage
58
Carrot
59
Organic Pumpkin
60
Tomato Paste
61
Yeast Extract
62
Yellow Corn Flour
63
Dehydrated Soy Sauce

Full Ingredient List

enriched wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, potato starch, palm oil, modified potato starch, salt, wheat, maltodextrin, scrambled egg flakes, egg white, modified corn starch, corn flour, maltodextrin, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, silicon dioxide, beta-lactone, sodium bicarbonate, salt, sugar, garlic, onion, black pepper, garlic, peas, fructose syrup, garlic, gum arabic, hydrolyzed corn protein, hydrolyzed soy protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein, lemon peel, malic acid, modified tapioca starch, natural flavors, sesame, onion flavored oil, dextrose, caramel color, onion, garlic, ginger, tocopherols, antioxidants, onion, parsley flakes, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, potassium carbonate, red chili pepper, riboflavin, color, sodium carbonate, sodium phosphates, soybean sprout extract, soybean, spices, sugar, tapioca starch, tocopherols, antioxidant, vegetable mixture, corn syrup, onion, cabbage, carrot, pumpkin, carrot, tomato paste, yeast extract, yellow corn flour, powdered soy sauce

High-score cross-brand comparables for SHIN GOLD CHICKEN RAMEN

Neighbours outside Nongshim with screening scores in the same high band as SHIN GOLD CHICKEN RAMEN (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Nongshim; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from SHIN GOLD CHICKEN RAMEN's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 63-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare SHIN GOLD CHICKEN RAMEN's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0031146063543: 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.