Ramen Noodle Soup
by Tradition
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0735375118066 · Tradition · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Ramen Noodle Soup by Tradition scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 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 39-component record, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Thiamine Mononitrate. 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.
- 70/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 39 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
43/100
Grade D
Ingredient Safety
70/100
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.
75118066 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Ramen Noodle Soup label screening desk
17 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 75118066 · 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: Easter Decor Mix · Nearest score peer is Easter Decor Mix 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
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. Ramen Noodle Soup scores 23.6 points below that category average (70/100 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
Ramen Noodle Soup lists 39 ingredients on its label
39 70th percentile a longer ingredient list than 70% of the 11,283 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 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%)
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- 552 products (5%)
- 20–22
- 545 products (5%)
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- 550 products (5%)
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- 552 products (5%)
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- 28–30
- 574 products (5%)
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- 466 products (4%)
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- 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 70/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 39 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, niacin, reduced iron, folic acid), palm oil, salt, monosodium glutamate, maltodextrin, hydrolysed soy and corn protein, sugar, dehydrated vegetables (onion, garlic, parsley), canola oil, corn syrup solids, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent), disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, artificial flavor, spices (paprika, turmeric), potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium tripolyphosphate, guar gum, fd&c yellow # 5 lake, partially hydrogenated soybean oil (antidusting agent), yeast extract, thiamine hydrochloride, spice extractives, bha, tbhq.
Other products containing Fd&c Yellow # 5 Lake
Fd&c Yellow # 5 Lake is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
More from Tradition
Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Ramen Noodle Soup
Neighbours outside Tradition near Ramen Noodle Soup's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Tradition; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 39 on 0735375118066).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (39 on 0735375118066).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ramen Noodle Soup's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 39-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
- Compare 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 0735375118066: 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.