Caution

Ramen bistro japanese miso

by Cup Noodles

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070662406021 · 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 0070662406021 · Serving size 1 package (88 g)

The verdict

Ramen bistro japanese miso by Cup Noodles scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 58 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 58-component record, beginning with Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin On Facts 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 58 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.

62406021 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ramen bistro japanese miso label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 58 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Cup Noodles Stir · ±0 BOOK-OFF …406021 · July 2026

18 of 58 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 62406021 · 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.

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. Ramen bistro japanese miso: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Ramen bistro japanese miso80/1002. 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 Ramen bistro japanese miso (80/100) outside Cup Noodles.
Chart values as text

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

Ramen bistro japanese miso
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. Ramen bistro japanese miso 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

Ramen bistro japanese miso lists 58 ingredients on its label

58 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product 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%). Below this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 58 (100th 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 58 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin On Facts Reduced Iron
4
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Garlic Powder
7
Glucose
8
Hydrolyzed Corn Ye Acid
9
Vegetable Oil
10
Palm Oil
11
Canola Oil
12
Safflower Oil Sesame Oil
13
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
14
Textured Soy Protein
15
Cabbage Flake
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Red Miso Powder
18
Modified Food Starch
19
Soybean
20
Water
21
Rice
22
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
23
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
24
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
25
Corn Starch
26
Corn Syrup Solids
27
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
28
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
29
Wheat
30
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
31
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
32
Disodium Succinate Dried Corn
33
Green Onion
34
Minced Garlic
35
Egg Protein
36
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
37
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
38
Maltodextrin Flavor
39
Paprika Oleoresin
40
Color
41
Potassium 31% Carbonate
42
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
43
Sodium Carbonate
ANTIOXIDANT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
44
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
45
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
46
Soy Lecithin Spice
47
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
48
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
49
Preservative
50
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
51
Sesame
52
Egg
53
Nissin Foods
54
Usa
55
Gardena
56
Bioengineered Food Ingredients Processes Peanut
57
Tree Nuts
58
Crustacean 18% 570 0% 56% 21% Sugars 6% Shellfish

Full Ingredient List

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN on Facts REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ntainer package (889) 390 Daily Value WHITE, GARLIC POWDER, GLUCOSE, HYDROLYZED CORN YE ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (PALM OIL, CANOLA OIL, SAFFLOWER OIL SESAME OIL), TAPIOCA STARCH, TEXTURED SOY PROTEIN, DRIED CABBAGE FLAKE, SALT, RED MISO POWDER (MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SOYBEAN, WATER, SALT, RICE), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, CARAMEL COLOR, CITRIC ACID, CORN STARCH, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DEHYDRATED SOY SAUCE (MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, WHEAT, SOYBEAN), DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM SUCCINATE DRIED CORN, DRIED GREEN ONION, DRIED MINCED GARLIC, EGG PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, LACTOSE, MALTODEXTRIN NATURAL FLAVOR, PAPRIKA OLEORESIN (COLOR), POTASSIUM 31% CARBONATE, SILICON DIOXIDE, SODIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM CASEINATE, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN SPICE, SUGAR, TBHQ (PRESERVATIVE), XANTHAN GUM CONTAINS WHEAT, SOYBEAN, SESAME, EGG, AND MILK NISSIN MANUFACTURED BY: NISSIN FOODS (USA) CO., INC 2001 W. ROSECRANS AVE., GARDENA, CA 90249 Please visit us at www.nissinfoods.com 10% MANUFACTURED IN A FACILITY THAT ALSO CONTAINS BIOENGINEERED FOOD INGREDIENTS PROCESSES PEANUT, TREE NUTS, CRUSTACEAN 18% 570 0% 56% 21% Sugars 6% SHELLFISH, AND FISH PRODUCTS 0% 4% 15% 6% NO ADDED MSG AMOUNTS OF ALATURALLY AMATES MIXED CPS-42602-0 20907 2990

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Pastas Noodles

High-score cross-brand comparables for Ramen bistro japanese miso

Neighbours outside Cup Noodles with screening scores in the same high band as Ramen bistro japanese miso (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 Ramen bistro japanese miso's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 58-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Ramen bistro japanese miso'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 0070662406021: 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.