Caution

Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir Fry

by Cup Noodles

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070662404010 · Cup Noodles · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070662404010 · Serving size 85 g

The verdict

Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir Fry by Cup Noodles 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, Reduced Iron. 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
0070662404010
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

57/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

62404010 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir Fry label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Cup Noodles Stir · ±0 BOOK-OFF …404010 · July 2026

10 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 62404010 · 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 Teriyaki Chicken · Nearest score peer is Cup Noodles Stir Fry Teriyaki Chicken 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

1. Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir Fry: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir…80/1002. Cup Noodles Stir Fry Teriyaki Chicken: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cup Noodles Stir Fry Teri…80/1003. Cup Noodle Curry: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cup Noodle Curry80/1004. Cup Noodles Very Veggie Beef Flavor: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cup Noodles Very Veggie B…80/1005. Cup noodles: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cup noodles80/100
High-band neighbours for Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir Fry (80/100) outside Cup Noodles.
Chart values as text

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

Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir Fry
80/100
Cup Noodles Stir Fry Teriyaki Chicken
80/100
Cup Noodle Curry
80/100
Cup Noodles Very Veggie Beef Flavor
80/100
Cup noodles
80/100

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. Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir Fry scores 17.7 points below that category average (80/100 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

Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir Fry lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 37 (96th 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

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 Niacin
3
Reduced Iron
4
Thiamine Mononitrate Riboflavin
5
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
6
Vegetable Oil
7
Palm Oil Canola Oil
8
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
9
Dried Carrot Flake
10
Cabbage Flake
11
Sugar Salt
12
Textured Soy Protein
13
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
14
Beta Carotene Color
15
Brown Sugar
16
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
17
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
18
Corn Starch
19
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
20
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
21
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
22
Wheat Soybean
23
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
24
Disodium Guanylate Disodium Inosinate
25
Disodium Succinate Dried Green Bean
26
Egg White
27
Garlic Powder Hydrolyzed Corn Protein. Lactose Maltodextrin
28
Natural Flavor
29
Onion Powder
30
Rendered Chicken Fat
31
Silicon Dioxide Sodium Phosphate
32
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
33
Soy Lecithin
34
Spice Sucralose
35
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
36
Preservative
37
Dried Vinegar

Full Ingredient List

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (PALM OIL CANOLA OIL), TAPIOCA STARCH, DRIED CARROT FLAKE, DRIED CABBAGE FLAKE, SUGAR SALT, TEXTURED SOY PROTEIN, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, BETA CAROTENE COLOR, BROWN SUGAR, CARAMEL COLOR, CITRIC ACID, CORN STARCH, DEHYDRATED SOY SAUCE (MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, WHEAT SOYBEAN), DEXTROSE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM SUCCINATE DRIED GREEN BEAN, EGG WHITE, GARLIC POWDER HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN. LACTOSE MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, ONION POWDER, RENDERED CHICKEN FAT, SILICON DIOXIDE SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN, SPICE SUCRALOSE, TBHQ (PRESERVATIVE), VINEGAR.

Categories

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

High-score cross-brand comparables for Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir Fry

Neighbours outside Cup Noodles with screening scores in the same high band as Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir Fry (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Cup Noodles; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir Fry'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 Teriyaki Beef Flavor Stir Fry'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 0070662404010: 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.