Safe

Noodle kit with sauce spicy garlic

by Kikkoman

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041390031434 · Kikkoman · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041390031434

The verdict

Noodle kit with sauce spicy garlic by Kikkoman scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 16 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 16-component label is layered, beginning with Rice, Water, Sugar. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 16 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0041390031434
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.

90031434 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Noodle kit with sauce spicy garlic label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 16 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 30% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Original stir fry · ±0 BOOK-OFF …031434 · July 2026

4 of 16 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 90031434 · 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: Original stir fry sauce bottles · Nearest score peer is Original stir fry sauce bottles 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.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Noodle kit with sauce spicy garlic: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Noodle kit with sauce spi…95/1002. Original stir fry sauce bottles: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Original stir fry sauce b…95/1003. Chillers junior pops, orange, strawberry, grape: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chillers junior pops, ora…95/1004. Lowfat Ice Cream: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Lowfat Ice Cream95/1005. Lowfat Ice Cream Bars: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Lowfat Ice Cream Bars95/100
High-band neighbours for Noodle kit with sauce spicy garlic (95/100) outside Kikkoman.
Chart values as text

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

Noodle kit with sauce spicy garlic
95/100
Original stir fry sauce bottles
95/100
Chillers junior pops, orange, strawberry, grape
95/100
Lowfat Ice Cream
95/100
Lowfat Ice Cream Bars
95/100

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. Noodle kit with sauce spicy garlic scores 2.7 points below that category average (95/100 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

Noodle kit with sauce spicy garlic lists 16 ingredients on its label

16 70th percentile a longer ingredient list than 70% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Above this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Above this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. 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: 16 (70th 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

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 16 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

NOODLES: RICE, POTATO STARCH. SAUCE: WATER, SUGAR, GARLIC, VINEGAR, TOMATO PASTE, GARLIC PASTE, PEPPER PUREE (RED SPUR PEPPER, RED CHILI PEPPER, WATER, VINEGAR), SALT, RED SPUR PEPPER POWDER, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, RED SPUR PEPPER, SESAME SEEDS, CARAMEL COLOR, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Cereals and potatoes Cereals and their products

High-score cross-brand comparables for Noodle kit with sauce spicy garlic

Neighbours outside Kikkoman with screening scores in the same high band as Noodle kit with sauce spicy garlic (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kikkoman; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Noodle kit with sauce spicy garlic's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 16-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Noodle kit with sauce spicy garlic'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 0041390031434: 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.