Caution

Lime Flavor with Shrimp Ramen Noodle Soup

by Maruchan

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041789001055 · Maruchan · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041789001055 · Serving size 1 container (64 g)

The verdict

Lime Flavor with Shrimp Ramen Noodle Soup by Maruchan scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 41-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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 41 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

48/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

80/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

89001055 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Lime Flavor with Shrimp Ramen Noodle Soup label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-PART 37% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 27% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Coconut · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001055 · July 2026

15 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 89001055 · 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: Coconut · Nearest score peer is Coconut at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Lime Flavor with Shrimp Ramen Noodle Soup: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Lime Flavor with Shrimp R…80/1002. Coconut: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Coconut80/1003. Fried Rice: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Fried Rice80/1004. The laughing cow, smooth sensations, cream cheese spread wedges, cinnamon cream: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. The laughing cow, smooth …80/1005. Thirst quenching diet cola: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Thirst quenching diet cola80/100
High-band neighbours for Lime Flavor with Shrimp Ramen Noodle Soup (80/100) outside Maruchan.
Chart values as text

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

Lime Flavor with Shrimp Ramen Noodle Soup
80/100
Coconut
80/100
Fried Rice
80/100
The laughing cow, smooth sensations, cream cheese spread wedges, cinnamon cream
80/100
Thirst quenching diet cola
80/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Lime Flavor with Shrimp Ramen Noodle Soup scores 13.6 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products

Lime Flavor with Shrimp Ramen Noodle Soup lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 73rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 73% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 41 (73rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 41 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

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 Oil
10
Cottonseed Oil
11
Palm Oil
12
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Dehydrated Vegetables
15
Carrot
16
Green Peas
17
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
18
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
19
Msg
20
Freeze Dried Shrimp
21
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
22
Hydrolyzed Corn
23
Wheat And Soy Protein
24
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
25
Wheat
26
Soybeans
27
Yeast Extract
28
Natural Flavors
29
Spices
30
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
31
Potassium Carbonate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
32
Sodium Monophosphate
33
Sesame Oil
34
Sodium Carbonate
ANTIOXIDANT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
35
Lime Powder
36
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
37
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
38
Chicken Broth
39
Soya Lecithin
40
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
41
Turmeric

Full Ingredient List

Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (canola oil, cottonseed oil, palm oil) tbhq, salt, dehydrated vegetables (carrot, green peas, garlic), maltodextrin, monosodium glutamate, freeze dried shrimp, citric acid, hydrolyzed corn, wheat and soy protein, dehydrated soy sauce (wheat, soybeans, salt), yeast extract, natural flavors, spices, caramel color, potassium carbonate, sodium monophosphate, sesame oil, sodium carbonate, lime powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, chicken broth, soya lecithin, lactose, turmeric.

Categories

Meals Soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Lime Flavor with Shrimp Ramen Noodle Soup

Neighbours outside Maruchan with screening scores in the same high band as Lime Flavor with Shrimp Ramen Noodle Soup (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Maruchan; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Lime Flavor with Shrimp Ramen Noodle Soup's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 41-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Lime Flavor with Shrimp Ramen Noodle Soup's 2 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 0041789001055: 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.