Safe

Hot Korean Flavor Ramen

by Mama Oriental Kitchen

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0052066007820 · Mama Oriental Kitchen · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0052066007820 · Serving size 85g

The verdict

Hot Korean Flavor Ramen by Mama Oriental Kitchen scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 38 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 38-component record, beginning with Wheat Flour, Palm Oil, Tapioca Starch. 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 38 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0052066007820
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.

66007820 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hot Korean Flavor Ramen label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 38 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-RARE Potassium Carbonate PHOTO-FINISH instant noodles yellow · ±0 BOOK-OFF …007820 · July 2026

8 of 38 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Carbonate). Source sheet 66007820 · 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: instant noodles yellow curry flavor · Nearest score peer is instant noodles yellow curry flavor 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. Hot Korean Flavor Ramen: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Hot Korean Flavor Ramen100/1002. instant noodles yellow curry flavor: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. instant noodles yellow cu…100/1003. Mama, instant whole grain rice vermicelli: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mama, instant whole grain…100/1004. Instant Rice Vermicelli Noodles: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Instant Rice Vermicelli N…100/1005. Mama, instant rice noodles: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mama, instant rice noodles100/100
High-band neighbours for Hot Korean Flavor Ramen (100/100) outside Mama Oriental Kitchen.
Chart values as text

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

Hot Korean Flavor Ramen
100/100
instant noodles yellow curry flavor
100/100
Mama, instant whole grain rice vermicelli
100/100
Instant Rice Vermicelli Noodles
100/100
Mama, instant rice noodles
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. Hot Korean Flavor Ramen 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

Hot Korean Flavor Ramen lists 38 ingredients on its label

38 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 38 (97th 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
Wheat Flour
2
Palm Oil
3
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
4
Kimchi Ramen Sauce
5
Soybean
6
Anchovy
7
Squid
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Dehydrated Vegetables
11
Cabbage
12
Spring Onion
13
Carrot
14
Paprika Powder
15
Msg
16
Chilli Powder
17
Artificial Flavor
18
Garlic Powder
19
Acidity Regulators
20
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
21
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
22
Potassium Carbonate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
23
Spices
24
Onion Powder
25
Yeast Extract
26
Thickener
27
Cellulose Gum
28
Color
29
Paprika Oleoresin
30
Capsicum Oleoresin
31
Disodium 5' Ribonucleotides
32
Preservative
33
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
34
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
35
Process In A Facility That Also Process Egg
36
Milk
37
Crustaceans
38
Coconut And Sesame

Full Ingredient List

Wheat flour, palm oil, modified tapioca starch, kimchi ramen sauce (soybean, anchovy, squid), sugar, salt, dried vegetables(cabbage, spring onion, carrot), paprika powder, monosodium glutamate, chilli powder, artificial flavor, garlic powder, acidity regulators(sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium carbonate), spices, onion powder, yeast extract, thickener(cellulose gum), color(paprika oleoresin), capsicum oleoresin, disodium 5' ribonucleotides, preservative (sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate). Process in a facility that also process egg, milk, crustaceans, coconut and sesame.

Other products containing Disodium 5' Ribonucleotides

Disodium 5' Ribonucleotides is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 9 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Meals Dried products Pastas Dried products to be rehydrated Noodles Soups Instant noodles

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Hot Korean Flavor Ramen

Neighbours outside Mama Oriental Kitchen with screening scores in the same high band as Hot Korean Flavor Ramen (100/100 here). The 1 same-brand link above stay within Mama Oriental Kitchen; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Hot Korean Flavor Ramen has a longer ingredient list than 97% 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 0052066007820: 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.