Cup Noodle Original
by Nissin
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070662402030 · Nissin · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Cup Noodle Original by Nissin scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 62 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 62-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.
- 85/100
- Caution safety score
- 1
- One flagged · of 62 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- 0070662402030
- 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
60/100
Grade C+
Ingredient Safety
85/100
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.
62402030 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Cup Noodle Original label screening desk
18 of 62 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 62402030 · 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: cup noodles stir fry · Nearest score peer is cup noodles stir fry 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.
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
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. Cup Noodle Original scores 12.7 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 97.7/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products
Cup Noodle Original lists 62 ingredients on its label
62 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track
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
- 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 85/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 62 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (PALM OIL, SESAME OIL). TAPIOCA STARCH, SALT, DRIED SHRIMP, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, BETA CAROTENE COLOR. CARAMEL COLOR CITRIC ACID, CONCENTRATED CHICKEN BROTH, CONCENTRATED GREEN CABBAGE JUICE, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DEHYDRATED SOY SAUCE (MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, WHEAT, SOYBEAN), DEXTROSE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE DISODIUM SUCCINATE, DRIED BAMBOO SHOOT, DRIED GREEN ONION, DRIED SAUSAGE (PORK, SALT, SPICE, SUGAR), EGG WHITE, EGG YOLK GARLIC POWDER, GLUCONO DELTA-LACTONE, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, LACTOSE, MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, ONION POWDER, PORK EXTRACT, POTASSIUM CARBONATE, POTATO POWDER, POWDERED CHICKEN, RENDERED CHICKEN FAT, RENDERED PORK FAT, SHRIMP POWDER, SILICON DIOXIDE, SODIUM ALGINATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM CASEINATE, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE SOY LECITHIN, SPICE, SUGAR, TBHQ (PRESERVATIVE), TEXTURED SOY PROTEIN. CONTAINS WHEAT, SOYBEAN, EGG, MILK, SESAME. AND SHRIMP. NISSIN MANUFACTURED BY: NISSIN FOODS (USA) CO., INC. 2001 W. ROSECRANS AVE., GARDENA, CA 90249 Please visit us at www.nissinfoods.com Added Sugars 3% CONTAINS BIOENGINEERED FOOD INGREDIENTS 0% 4% 20% MANUFACTURED IN A FACILITY THAT ALSO PROCESSES PEANUT TREE NUTS. CRUSTACEAN SHELLFISH, AND FISH PRODUCTS. SUSTAINABLE TH 4% you how much a nutrient notes to a daily diet. 2,000 general nutrition advice. CERTIFIED PALM OIL RSPO MIXED 4-0968-17-100-00 CPS-42203R2 70662 40203 0 0 Loved by t WARNING: Product serious burns, p around young ch without water in ch turntable is not pe DO NOT PURCHASE F BOILING WATE GO FOR Fold back a 2 HANG ON 3 SLURP AN MICROWAVE O GO FOR Tip or shale na one side so Pour name noodles 2 COOK Uncovered Let stand 3 SLURP AN Cooking
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Cup Noodle Original
Neighbours outside Nissin with screening scores in the same high band as Cup Noodle Original (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Nissin; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 62 on 0070662402030).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (62 on 0070662402030).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cup Noodle Original's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 62-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
- Compare Cup Noodle Original'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 0070662402030: 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.