Caution

Crunchy Ramen Snack

by Baby Star

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0835607000159 · Baby Star. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0835607000159 · Serving size 0.333 package (28 g)

The verdict

Crunchy Ramen Snack by Baby Star scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 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 42-component record, beginning with Wheat Flour, Vegetable Oil Mix, Palm Oil. 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 42 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0835607000159
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.

07000159 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Crunchy Ramen Snack label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Aspartame PHOTO-FINISH pink Grapefruit 0% · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000159 · July 2026

11 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Aspartame). Source sheet 07000159 · 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: pink Grapefruit 0% suiker · Nearest score peer is pink Grapefruit 0% suiker 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. Crunchy Ramen Snack: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Crunchy Ramen Snack85/1002. pink Grapefruit 0% suiker: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. pink Grapefruit 0% suiker85/1003. Ginger Ale 0%: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ginger Ale 0%85/1004. Mini donuts: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mini donuts85/1005. Tastykake, red velvet kandy kakes, white confectionery coated red velvet cakes with creme filling: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Tastykake, red velvet kan…85/100
High-band neighbours for Crunchy Ramen Snack (85/100) outside Baby Star.
Chart values as text

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

Crunchy Ramen Snack
85/100
pink Grapefruit 0% suiker
85/100
Ginger Ale 0%
85/100
Mini donuts
85/100
Tastykake, red velvet kandy kakes, white confectionery coated red velvet cakes with creme filling
85/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Crunchy Ramen Snack lists 42 ingredients on its label

42 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 42 (94th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

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 42 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Wheat Flour
2
Vegetable Oil Mix
3
Palm Oil
4
Tocopherols As Preservative
5
Tapioca Starch Chili Seasoning Powder
6
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
7
Suga Monosodium Glutamate
8
Disodium Inmate
9
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
10
Acidity Regulator
11
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
12
Acetic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
13
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Garlic Powder
16
Onion Powder Powdered Soy Sauce
17
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
18
Wheat
19
Food Starch-modified
20
Yeast Extract
21
Capsicum Powder
22
Natural And Artificial Flavor
23
Capsicum Extract
24
Paprika Oleoresin
25
Color
26
Aspartame
FLAVOR ENHANCER, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
27
Msg
28
Seasoning Powde
29
Hydrolyzed Protein
30
Soybean
31
Corn
32
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
33
Brewed Vinegar
34
Glucose
35
Onion Extract
36
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
37
Sodium Citrate
38
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
39
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
40
Hydrolyzed Soybean Protein Disodium Inosinate
41
Disodium Guanylate Onion Extract
42
Soybean. Manufactured By

Full Ingredient List

Wheat Flour, Vegetable Oil Mix (Palm Oil, Tocopherols as Preservative), Tapioca Starch Chili Seasoning Powder (Dextrin, Suga Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Inmate, Disodium Guanylate, Acidity Regulator [Citric Acid, Acetic Acid, Dextrin, Sugar], Salt, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder Powdered Soy Sauce [Soy Sauce {Soybean, Wheat, Salt), Salt, Food Starch-modified], Yeast Extract, Capsicum Powder, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Capsicum Extract, Paprika Oleoresin [Color], Aspartame), Monosodium Glutamate, Salt, Sugar, Seasoning Powde (Hydrolyzed Protein [Soybean, Wheat, Corn], Maltodextrin, Yeast Extract, Salt, Brewed Vinegar, Glucose, Palm Oil, Onion Extract, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Monosodium Glutamate, Sodium Citrate, Sorbitol, Dipotassium Phosphate), Hydrolyzed Soybean Protein Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate Onion Extract. CONTAINS: WHEAT, SOYBEAN. Manufactured by

Other products containing Tocopherols As Preservative

Tocopherols As Preservative is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Crunchy Ramen Snack

Neighbours outside Baby Star with screening scores in the same high band as Crunchy Ramen Snack (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Baby Star; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Aspartame is the first flagged ingredient selected from Crunchy Ramen Snack's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 42-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Aspartame. Open Aspartame
  • Compare Crunchy Ramen Snack'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 0835607000159: 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.