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Samyang buldak habanero lime ramen

Open Food Facts label for barcode 8801073143777 · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 8801073143777 · Serving size 135 g

The verdict

Samyang buldak habanero lime ramen scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 61 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 61-component record, beginning with Wheat Flour, Tapioca Starch, 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 61 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
8801073143777
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.

73143777 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Samyang buldak habanero lime ramen label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 61 ing. REG-SPARSE 16% 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 …143777 · July 2026

10 of 61 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Carbonate). Source sheet 73143777 · 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. Samyang buldak habanero lime ramen 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

Samyang buldak habanero lime ramen lists 61 ingredients on its label

61 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: 61 (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 Flour
2
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
3
Palm Oil
4
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Emulsifier
7
Soy Lecithin
8
Acidity Regulator
9
Potassium Carbonate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
10
Sodium Carbonate
ANTIOXIDANT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
11
Sodium Phosphate Dibasic
12
Ii
13
Thickener
14
Guar Gum
15
Tocopherols
ANTIOXIDANT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
16
Green Tea Flavor Oil
17
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
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
Tomato Ketchup
20
Soy
21
Water
22
White Sugar
23
Flavour Enhancer
24
Monosodium L-glutamate
25
Artificial Chicken Flavor
26
Wheat
27
Onion
28
Chili Pepper Powder
29
Artificial Chicken Flavor Powder
30
Soybean Oil
31
Onion Powder
32
Tomato Powder
33
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
34
Yeast Powder
35
Chili Powder
36
Dried Vinegar
37
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
38
Hot Sauce Powder
39
Decolorized Chili Extract
40
Colour
41
Paprika Extract
42
Black Pepper Powder
43
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
44
E1420
45
Jalapeno Pepper Oil
46
Scy
47
Lime Flavour
48
Dried Carrot Flake
49
Cabbage Flake
50
Dried Bok Choy
51
Gluten
52
Including Cereals Containing Gluten
53
Crustaceans
54
Eggs
55
Fish
56
Milk
57
Molluscs
58
Mustard
59
Nuts
60
Peanuts
61
Sesame Seeds And Soy Products

Full Ingredient List

NOODLE(73.7%): WHEAT FLOUR, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, REFINED PALM OIL, WHEAT GLUTEN, SALT, EMULSIFIER[SOY LECITHIN(E322(i))], ACIDITY REGULATOR [POTASSIUM CARBONATE(E501 (i)), SODIUM CARBONATE(E500(i)), SODIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC(E339(ii))], THICKENER[GUAR GUM(E412)], TOCOPHEROLS(E306), GREEN TEA FLAVOR OIL, RIBOFLAVIN(E101), CITRIC ACID(E330). SOUP(25.2%): TOMATO KETCHUP(SOY), WATER, WHITE SUGAR, FLAVOUR ENHANCER [MONOSODIUM L-GLUTAMATE(E621)], ARTIFICIAL CHICKEN FLAVOR(WHEAT, SOY), ONION, CHILI PEPPER POWDER(SOY), ARTIFICIAL CHICKEN FLAVOR POWDER (WHEAT, SOY), SOYBEAN OIL, ONION POWDER, TOMATO POWDER, SOY SAUCE(WHEAT), YEAST POWDER, CHILI POWDER(WHEAT, SOY), VINEGAR, GARLIC, HOT SAUCE POWDER, DECOLORIZED CHILI EXTRACT, COLOUR[PAPRIKA EXTRACT(E160c)], BLACK PEPPER POWDER, THICKENER[MODIFIED POTATO STARCH(E1420)], JALAPENO PEPPER OIL(SCY), LIME FLAVOUR, CORIANDER LEAF FLAVOUR. FLAKE(1.1%): DRIED CARROT FLAKE, DRIED CABBAGE FLAKE, DRIED BOK CHOY. CONTAINS: WHEAT, GLUTEN, SOY. ALLERGENS: FOR ALLERGENS PLEASE SEE INGREDIENTS IN BOLD. MANUFACTURED IN A FACILITY THAT ALSO PROCESSES CELERIES, CEREALS CONTAINING GLUTEN, CRUSTACEANS, EGGS, FISH, MILK, MOLLUSCS, MUSTARD, NUTS, PEANUTS, SESAME SEEDS AND SOY PRODUCTS.

Categories

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

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Samyang buldak habanero lime ramen 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 8801073143777: 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.