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Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Flavor

by Nongshim

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0031146250103 · Nongshim · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0031146250103 · Serving size 1 bowl (86 g)

The verdict

Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Flavor by Nongshim scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 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 49-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 49 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0031146250103
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

46250103 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Flavor label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-PART 43% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE D-sorbitol PHOTO-FINISH Milk Chocolate Spread · ±0 BOOK-OFF …250103 · July 2026

21 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: D-sorbitol). Source sheet 46250103 · 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: Milk Chocolate Spread · Nearest score peer is Milk Chocolate Spread 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. Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Flavor: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy …100/1002. Milk Chocolate Spread: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Milk Chocolate Spread100/1003. Cookie Butter: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cookie Butter100/1004. Chips: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chips100/1005. Honey Twist Snack: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Honey Twist Snack100/100
High-band neighbours for Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Flavor (100/100) outside Nongshim.
Chart values as text

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

Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Flavor
100/100
Milk Chocolate Spread
100/100
Cookie Butter
100/100
Chips
100/100
Honey Twist Snack
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Flavor scores 2.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.7/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Plant-based foods and beverages products

Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Flavor lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 49 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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. The comparison here runs against the 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Enriched Wheat Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
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
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
13
Beef Extract
14
Beef Fat
15
Dried Beef Stock
16
Black Pepper
17
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
18
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
19
Dehydrated Vegetables
20
Green Onion
21
Carrot
22
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
23
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
24
Disodium Succinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Listed
25
Dried Fish Cake
26
Pollock
27
Bream
28
D-sorbitol
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
29
Corn Starch
30
Sucrose Fatty Acid Esters
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
31
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
32
Color
33
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
34
Organic Ginger
35
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
36
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
37
Natural Flavors
38
Onion
39
Potassium Carbonate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
40
Radish Extract
41
Red Chili Pepper
42
Rice
43
Sodium Carbonate
ANTIOXIDANT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
44
Sodium Phosphates
45
Soybeans
46
Tocopherols
ANTIOXIDANT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
47
Antioxidant
48
Yeast Extract
49
Yellow Corn Flour

Full Ingredient List

Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), palm oil, potato starch, modified potato starch, salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, contains less than 2% of each of the following: beef extract*, beef fat*, beef stock*, black pepper*, citric acid, corn syrup*, dehydrated vegetables (green onion, carrot), disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, disodium succinate, dried fish cake (pollock, bream, d-sorbitol, modified corn starch, wheat flour, sucrose fatty acid esters, hydrolyzed soy protein, salt, sugar, color), garlic*, ginger*, maltodextrin, modified tapioca starch, natural flavors, onion*, potassium carbonate, radish extract*, red chili pepper*, riboflavin (color), rice*, sodium carbonate, sodium phosphates, soybeans*, sugar, tocopherols (antioxidant), yeast extract, yellow corn flour.

Other products containing Bream

Bream is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Cereals and potatoes Cereals and their products Meals Dried products Pastas Dried products to be rehydrated Noodles Soups Dried meals Instant noodles Instant noodle soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Flavor

Neighbours outside Nongshim with screening scores in the same high band as Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Flavor (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Nongshim; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Flavor has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its Plant-based foods and beverages category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

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

Barcode 0031146250103: 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.