Caution

Top ramen beef flavor ramen noodle soup

by Nissin

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070662060025 · Nissin · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070662060025 · Serving size 1.5 ONZ (42 g)

The verdict

Top ramen beef flavor ramen noodle soup by Nissin scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 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 37-component record, beginning with Enriched 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 37 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.

62060025 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Top ramen beef flavor ramen noodle soup label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-PART 49% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 33% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Ramen Noodle Soup · ±0 BOOK-OFF …060025 · July 2026

18 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 62060025 · 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: Ramen Noodle Soup · Nearest score peer is Ramen Noodle Soup 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. Top ramen beef flavor ramen noodle soup: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Top ramen beef flavor ram…80/1002. Ramen Noodle Soup: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Ramen Noodle Soup80/1003. Nissin microwavable with shrimp: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Nissin microwavable with …80/1004. Cup Noodle Curry: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cup Noodle Curry80/1005. Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir Fry: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir…80/100
High-band neighbours for Top ramen beef flavor ramen noodle soup (80/100) outside Nissin.
Chart values as text

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

Top ramen beef flavor ramen noodle soup
80/100
Ramen Noodle Soup
80/100
Nissin microwavable with shrimp
80/100
Cup Noodle Curry
80/100
Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir Fry
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. Top ramen beef flavor 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

Top ramen beef flavor ramen noodle soup lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 67th percentile a longer ingredient list than 67% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Above this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). Above this entry. 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: 37 (67th 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 37 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched 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
Palm Oil
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
11
Bakers Yeast Extract
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
12
Beef Fat
13
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
14
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
15
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
16
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
17
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
18
Dried Leek Flake
19
Garlic Powder
20
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
21
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
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
Onion Powder
25
Potassium Carbonate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
26
Beef
27
Sodium Alginate
28
Sodium Carbonate
ANTIOXIDANT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
29
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
30
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
31
Wheat
32
Soybean
33
Water
34
Spice
35
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
36
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
37
Preservative

Full Ingredient List

Enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], palm oil, salt, contains less than 2% of autolyzed yeast extract, bakers yeast extract, beef fat, caramel color, corn syrup, dextrin, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, dried leek flake, garlic powder, hydrolyzed corn protein, hydrolyzed soy protein, maltodextrin, monosodium glutamate, onion powder, potassium carbonate, powdered beef, sodium alginate, sodium carbonate, sodium tripolyphosphate, soy sauce (wheat, soybean, salt, water), spice, sugar, tbhq (preservative).

Categories

Meals Soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Top ramen beef flavor ramen noodle soup

Neighbours outside Nissin with screening scores in the same high band as Top ramen beef flavor ramen noodle soup (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Nissin; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Top ramen beef flavor ramen noodle soup's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 37-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Top ramen beef flavor 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 0070662060025: 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.