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Ja Jiang instant noodles

Open Food Facts label for barcode 4710110234542 · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 4710110234542

The verdict

Ja Jiang instant noodles scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 66 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 66-component record, beginning with Wheat, Water, Black Beans. 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 66 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
4710110234542
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

10234542 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ja Jiang instant noodles label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 66 ing. REG-SPARSE 9% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-RARE Potassium Carbonate PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …234542 · July 2026

6 of 66 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Carbonate). Source sheet 10234542 · 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

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.

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.

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. Ja Jiang instant noodles scores 2.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.7/100), so it is roughly typical 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

Ja Jiang instant noodles lists 66 ingredients on its label

66 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

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Distribution as text

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 66 (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

1
Wheat
2
Water
3
Black Beans
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
Bean Drums
7
Table Salt
8
High Fructose Syrup
9
Shallots
10
L-kinacid Sodium
11
Glutamate
12
Disodium 5'-ribonucleotides
13
Acidity Regulator
14
Sodium Polyphosphate
15
Wheat Flour
16
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
17
Palm Oil
18
Flavour Enhancer
19
Monosodium Sugar
20
Douchi
21
Black Bean
22
Shallot
23
Monosodium Glutamate 701 Ixed Tocopherol Concentrate
24
Chili Sauce
25
Chili
26
Bean 4 05 No Preservatives Added
27
Guar Gum
28
Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose
29
Sodium Alginate
30
Antionidant Emulsifier
31
Humectant
32
Glycerol
33
Soybean Oil
34
Polyglycerof Esters Of Fatty Acids Sodium Tripolyphosphate
35
Sodium Carbonate
ANTIOXIDANT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
36
Potassium Carbonate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
37
Compound Dauce
38
Soybean
39
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
40
Black Bo Dean Ue Douchi
41
Monosodium Glutamate Asesame Oil
42
Chili Powder
43
Licorice Powder
44
Antioxidant
45
Msg
46
Scallion
47
White Pepper Powder Disodium 5'-ribonucleotides
48
Sesame
49
Flour
50
Flavoring
51
Sodium L-glutenate
52
Quality Modifier
53
The Noodles Are Made Of Emulsified Soybean Oil
54
Fatty Acids Polymer Glycerides
55
Lecithin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
56
Guanhua Soybean Gum
57
Sodium Severalmethylcellulose
58
Sea Sodium
59
Antioxidants
60
Mixed Concentrated Tocophanol
61
Chili Paste
62
Soybean Paste
63
Bean Drum
64
L-yi Acid 100 How Oil Paprika
65
5-level Ha Nucleoside Disodium Phosphate
66
Daly 4edos - No Preservatives Added

Full Ingredient List

wheat, water, black beans, salt, sugar), bean drums (black beans, table salt), high fructose syrup, shallots, l-kinacid sodium, glutamate, disodium 5'-ribonucleotides), acidity regulator (sodium polyphosphate, snoodles: wheat flour, tapioca starch, palm oil, salt, flavour enhancer (monosodium sugar), douchi (black bean, salt), high fructose syrup, shallot, monosodium glutamate 701 ixed tocopherol concentrate), flavoured oil: palm oil, chili sauce ( chili, salt), bean 4 05 no preservatives added, best before date: month month/day day/year. best before date: mm/dd/yy lecithin), guar gum,sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium alginate, antionidant emulsifier (humectant (glycerol), soybean oil, water, polyglycerof esters of fatty acids sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate), compound dauce (soybean, wheat, salt), soy sauce (soybean, wheat, water, black bo dean ue douchi (black bean, salt ), high fructose syrup, shallot, monosodium glutamate asesame oil, chili powder, licorice powder, antioxidant ( mixed tocopherol concentrate soup base: monosodium glutamate, salt, dehydrated scallion, white pepper powder disodium 5'-ribonucleotides, allergy warning: contains sesame, wheat, soybeans 45% this product is manufactured on equipment that processes products containing 0% crustacean shellfish peanuts milk egg tree nuts fish seeds celery 73% name: misakin noodles 18% ingredients: dough: flour, tapioca starch, palm oil, salt, flavoring (sodium l-glutenate, 5-subhuangpurin ha nucleoside phosphate dipotass ^5-guanoha nucleoside disodium magnetocuronate), quality modifier (sodium polyphosphate, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate ), the noodles are made of emulsified soybean oil, water, fatty acids polymer glycerides, lecithin), guanhua soybean gum, sodium severalmethylcellulose, sea sodium, antioxidants (mixed concentrated tocophanol). flavor oil packets: palm oil, chili paste (chili, salt), soybean paste (soybean, wheat, salt), black beans, salt, sugar), bean drum (black beans, salt), high fructose syrup, shallots, l-yi acid 100 how oil paprika, licorice powder, antioxidants (mixed concentrated tocophanol) 5-level ha nucleoside disodium phosphate) daly 4edos - no preservatives added,

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Cereals and potatoes Cereals and their products Dried products Pastas Dried products to be rehydrated Noodles Instant noodles

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Ja Jiang instant noodles has a longer ingredient list than 100% of its Plant-based foods and beverages 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 4710110234542: 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.