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Nong Shim Japanese Style Udon Noodle Soup (6 Ea.)

by Nongshim

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0031146852321 · Nongshim · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0031146852321

The verdict

Nong Shim Japanese Style Udon Noodle Soup (6 Ea.) by Nongshim scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 63 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 63-component record, beginning with Water, Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour. 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 63 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

46852321 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Nong Shim Japanese Style Udon Noodle Soup (6 Ea.) label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 63 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-RARE D-sorbitol PHOTO-FINISH shin noodle · ±0 BOOK-OFF …852321 · July 2026

19 of 63 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: D-sorbitol). Source sheet 46852321 · 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 noodle · Nearest score peer is shin noodle 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Nong Shim Japanese Style Udon Noodle Soup (6 Ea.): 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Nong Shim Japanese Style …100/1002. shin noodle: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. shin noodle100/1003. Organic Freeze-Dried Strawberry & Banana Yogurt Bites: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Organic Freeze-Dried Stra…100/1004. Calbee, Saya Snow Pea Crisps, Original: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Calbee, Saya Snow Pea Cri…100/1005. Milk Chocolate Spread: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Milk Chocolate Spread100/100
High-band neighbours for Nong Shim Japanese Style Udon Noodle Soup (6 Ea.) (100/100) outside Nongshim.
Chart values as text

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

Nong Shim Japanese Style Udon Noodle Soup (6 Ea.)
100/100
shin noodle
100/100
Organic Freeze-Dried Strawberry & Banana Yogurt Bites
100/100
Calbee, Saya Snow Pea Crisps, Original
100/100
Milk Chocolate Spread
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. Nong Shim Japanese Style Udon Noodle Soup (6 Ea.) 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

Nong Shim Japanese Style Udon Noodle Soup (6 Ea.) lists 63 ingredients on its label

63 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product 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

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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 63 (100th 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
Water
2
Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Niacin. Reduced Iron
5
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, 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
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
9
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
10
Soy
11
Wheat
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Acetic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
14
Anchovy
15
Artificial Flavors
16
Bonito
17
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
18
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
19
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
20
Disodium Succinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Listed
21
Dried Fish Cake
22
Pollock
23
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
24
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
25
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
26
Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Approved
27
Paprika Color
28
Flakes
29
Freeze Dried Green Onion
30
Seaweed
31
Red Chili Pepper
32
Gum Arabic
33
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
34
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
35
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
36
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
37
Kelp
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
38
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
39
Mushroom
40
Natural Flavors
41
Non-dairy Lactic Acid
42
Rice Bran Oil
43
Rice Flour
44
Soy Lecithin
45
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
46
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
47
Tempura Flakes
48
Palm Oil
49
Onion
50
Tuna
51
Cuttlefish
52
Black Pepper
53
Glucono-deltalactone
54
Tuna Wheat Gluten
55
Yeast
56
Fish
57
Egg
58
Peanut
59
And Milk. Manufactured By Nongshim Co
60
Yeouidaebang-ro
61
Dongjak-gu
62
Seoul
63
Korea

Full Ingredient List

water, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin. reduced iron, thiamine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid), modified tapioca starch, soy sauce (soy, wheat, salt), contains less than 2% of: acetic acid, anchovy*, artificial flavors, bonito*, dextrose, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, disodium succinate, dried fish cake (pollock, d-sorbitol, potato starch, wheat starch, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, paprika color), dried flakes (freeze dried green onion, seaweed, red chili pepper), d-sorbitol, gum arabic, high fructose corn syrup, hydrolyzed corn protein, hydrolyzed soy protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein, kelp*, maltodextrin, mushroom*, natural flavors, non-dairy lactic acid, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, rice bran oil, rice flour, salt, soy lecithin, sugar, tapioca starch, tempura flakes (wheat flour, palm oil, onion, sugar, salt, tuna, cuttlefish, black pepper, glucono-deltalactone), tuna wheat gluten, yeast*. contains wheat, soy, and fish (bonito, tuna, anchovy, pollock). manufactured in a facility that also processes crustacean shellfish, egg, peanut, and milk. manufactured by nongshim co., ltd. 112, yeouidaebang-ro, dongjak-gu, seoul, korea

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Meals Pastas Soups Noodles

High-score cross-brand comparables for Nong Shim Japanese Style Udon Noodle Soup (6 Ea.)

Neighbours outside Nongshim with screening scores in the same high band as Nong Shim Japanese Style Udon Noodle Soup (6 Ea.) (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

Nong Shim Japanese Style Udon Noodle Soup (6 Ea.) has a longer ingredient list than 100% 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 0031146852321: 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.