Safe

Instant Lunch, Ramel Noodles With Vegetables, Lime Chicken

by Maruchan

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041789001017 · Maruchan · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041789001017 · Serving size 64 g (64 g)

The verdict

Instant Lunch, Ramel Noodles With Vegetables, Lime Chicken by Maruchan scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 51 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 51-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 51 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0041789001017
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.

89001017 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Instant Lunch, Ramel Noodles With Vegetables, Lime Chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 51 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Potassium Carbonate PHOTO-FINISH Lime Chili Chicken · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001017 · July 2026

15 of 51 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Carbonate). Source sheet 89001017 · 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: Lime Chili Chicken Flavor Ramen Noodle Soup · Nearest score peer is Lime Chili Chicken Flavor Ramen 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.

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. Instant Lunch, Ramel Noodles With Vegetables, Lime Chicken: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Instant Lunch, Ramel Nood…100/1002. Lime Chili Chicken Flavor Ramen Noodle Soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Lime Chili Chicken Flavor…100/1003. Ramen Noodle Soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ramen Noodle Soup100/1004. Ramen Noodles With Vegetables: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ramen Noodles With Vegeta…100/1005. Ramen Noodle Soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ramen Noodle Soup100/100
High-band neighbours for Instant Lunch, Ramel Noodles With Vegetables, Lime Chicken (100/100) outside Maruchan.
Chart values as text

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

Instant Lunch, Ramel Noodles With Vegetables, Lime Chicken
100/100
Lime Chili Chicken Flavor Ramen Noodle Soup
100/100
Ramen Noodle Soup
100/100
Ramen Noodles With Vegetables
100/100
Ramen Noodle Soup
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. Instant Lunch, Ramel Noodles With Vegetables, Lime Chicken 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

Instant Lunch, Ramel Noodles With Vegetables, Lime Chicken lists 51 ingredients on its label

51 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

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: 51 (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
Vegetable Oil
9
Canola
10
Cottonseed
11
Palm
12
Preserved By Tbhq
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Dehydrated Vegetables
15
Carrot
16
Corn
17
Green Peas
18
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
19
Onion
20
Celery Stalk
21
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
22
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
23
Msg
24
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
25
Hydrolyzed Corn
26
Wheat And Soy Protein
27
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
28
Spices
29
Celery Seed
30
Natural Flavor
31
Cooked Chicken
32
Chicken Fat
33
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
34
Wheat
35
Soybeans
36
Potassium Carbonate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
37
Sodium
38
Mono
39
Hexameta
40
Tripoly
41
Phosphate
42
Turmeric
43
Sodium Carbonate
ANTIOXIDANT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
44
Yeast Extract
45
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
46
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
47
Lime Powder
48
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
49
Anti-caking Agent
50
Chicken Broth
51
Soya Lecithin

Full Ingredient List

Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola, cottonseed, palm) preserved by tbhq, salt, dehydrated vegetables (carrot, corn, green peas, garlic, onion, celery stalk), contains less than 2% of: lactose, maltodextrin, monosodium glutamate, sugar, hydrolyzed corn, wheat and soy protein, citric acid, spices (celery seed), natural flavor, powdered cooked chicken, chicken fat, dehydrated soy sauce (wheat, soybeans, salt), potassium carbonate, sodium (mono, hexameta, and/or tripoly) phosphate, turmeric, sodium carbonate, yeast extract, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, lime powder, silicon dioxide (anti-caking agent), chicken broth, soya lecithin.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Cereals and potatoes Cereals and their products Dried products Pastas Dried products to be rehydrated Noodles Instant noodles

High-score cross-brand comparables for Instant Lunch, Ramel Noodles With Vegetables, Lime Chicken

Neighbours outside Maruchan with screening scores in the same high band as Instant Lunch, Ramel Noodles With Vegetables, Lime Chicken (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Maruchan; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Instant Lunch, Ramel Noodles With Vegetables, Lime Chicken 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 0041789001017: 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.