Safe

Shoyu ramen with Chicken

by Ajinomoto

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071757077713 · Ajinomoto · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071757077713 · Serving size 1 bowl (268 g)

The verdict

Shoyu ramen with Chicken by Ajinomoto scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 64 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 64-component record, beginning with Cooked Ramen Noodles, Water, Enriched Flour. 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 64 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

57077713 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Shoyu ramen with Chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 64 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-RARE Succinic Acid PHOTO-FINISH Roasted Sesame Dressing · ±0 BOOK-OFF …077713 · July 2026

23 of 64 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Succinic Acid). Source sheet 57077713 · 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: Roasted Sesame Dressing · Nearest score peer is Roasted Sesame Dressing 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Shoyu ramen with Chicken: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Shoyu ramen with Chicken100/1002. Roasted Sesame Dressing: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Roasted Sesame Dressing100/1003. Hawaiian Style Dressing: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Hawaiian Style Dressing100/1004. Babybel, semisoft cheese, original: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Babybel, semisoft cheese,…100/1005. Blue Cheese Wedges: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Blue Cheese Wedges100/100
High-band neighbours for Shoyu ramen with Chicken (100/100) outside Ajinomoto.
Chart values as text

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

Shoyu ramen with Chicken
100/100
Roasted Sesame Dressing
100/100
Hawaiian Style Dressing
100/100
Babybel, semisoft cheese, original
100/100
Blue Cheese Wedges
100/100

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. Shoyu ramen with Chicken scores 6.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products

Shoyu ramen with Chicken lists 64 ingredients on its label

64 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% 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%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 64 (94th 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

1
Cooked Ramen Noodles
2
Water
3
Enriched Flour
4
Unbleached Wheat Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Reduced Iron
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Modified Food Starch
11
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Egg Whites
14
Vital Wheat Gluten
15
Potassium Carbonate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
16
Sodium Carbonate
ANTIOXIDANT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
17
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
18
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
19
Cooked Seasoned White Chicken Meat Slices
20
White Chicken Meat
21
Sweet Cooking Rice Wine
22
Mirin
23
Rice
24
Alcohol
25
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
26
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
27
Turbinado Sugar
28
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
29
Wheat
30
Soybeans
31
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
32
Soybean Oil
33
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
34
Flavoring
35
Koji
36
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
37
Corn Syrup Solids
38
Succinic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, PH CONTROL AGENT
GRAS
39
Carrot
40
Green Onion
41
Flavoring Oil
42
Rendered Chicken Fat
43
Chicken Fat
44
Mixed Tocopherols
45
Canola Oil
46
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
47
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
48
Spice
49
Soy Lecithin
50
Corn Kernels
51
Red Bell Pepper
52
Seaweed Extract
53
And Kelp Extract
54
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
55
Gelatin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
56
Chicken Broth Base
57
Chicken Broth
58
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
59
Natural Flavor
60
Spices
61
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
62
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
63
Egg
64
Soy

Full Ingredient List

COOKED RAMEN NOODLES (WATER, ENRICHED FLOUR [UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, WHEAT STARCH, LESS THAN 2% OF: SALT, EGG WHITES, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, POTASSIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM CARBONATE, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID), COOKED SEASONED WHITE CHICKEN MEAT SLICES (WHITE CHICKEN MEAT, SWEET COOKING RICE WINE [WATER, MIRIN {WATER, RICE, ALCOHOL, SALT, KOJI}, SUGAR, LACTIC ACID], WATER, TURBINADO SUGAR, LESS THAN 2% OF: SOY SAUCE [WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT], TAPIOCA STARCH, SOYBEAN OIL, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVORING), WATER, SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT, ALCOHOL), SWEET COOKING RICE WINE (WATER, MIRIN [WATER, RICE, ALCOHOL, SALT, KOJI {ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE}], DEXTROSE, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, LACTIC ACID, SUCCINIC ACID), LESS THAN 2% OF: CARROT, GREEN ONION, FLAVORING OIL (RENDERED CHICKEN FAT [CHICKEN FAT, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS], CANOLA OIL, GARLIC, GREEN ONION, COCONUT OIL, SPICE, SOY LECITHIN), CORN KERNELS, RED BELL PEPPER, SEAWEED EXTRACT (WATER, KELP EXTRACT, DEXTRIN, ALCOHOL, SALT, XANTHAN GUM), GELATIN, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SUGAR, CHICKEN BROTH BASE (CHICKEN BROTH, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, CHICKEN FAT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVOR), SALT, GARLIC, SPICES, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE. CONTAINS: EGG, SOY, WHEAT.

Categories

Meals Soups Frozen-ramen-with-chicken

High-score cross-brand comparables for Shoyu ramen with Chicken

Neighbours outside Ajinomoto with screening scores in the same high band as Shoyu ramen with Chicken (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Ajinomoto; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Shoyu ramen with Chicken has a longer ingredient list than 94% of its Meals 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 0071757077713: 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.