Safe

Korean Ramen Seasoning

by Hoxy

Open Food Facts label for barcode 8809945320042 · Hoxy. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 8809945320042 · Serving size 0.8 g

The verdict

Korean Ramen Seasoning by Hoxy scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 43 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 43-component record, beginning with Sugar, Glucose, Yukmat Seasoning Powder. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 43 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
8809945320042
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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

45320042 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Korean Ramen Seasoning label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 43 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Frozen Greek Yogurt · ±0 BOOK-OFF …320042 · July 2026

10 of 43 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 45320042 · 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: Frozen Greek Yogurt Gelato · Nearest score peer is Frozen Greek Yogurt Gelato 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.

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. Korean Ramen Seasoning: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Korean Ramen Seasoning95/1002. Frozen Greek Yogurt Gelato: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Frozen Greek Yogurt Gelato95/1003. Organic Whole Grain Waffles Blueberry: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Organic Whole Grain Waffl…95/1004. Organic Whole Grain Waffles Totally Original: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Organic Whole Grain Waffl…95/1005. Organic Whole Grain Waffles Flax: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Organic Whole Grain Waffl…95/100
High-band neighbours for Korean Ramen Seasoning (95/100) outside Hoxy.
Chart values as text

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

Korean Ramen Seasoning
95/100
Frozen Greek Yogurt Gelato
95/100
Organic Whole Grain Waffles Blueberry
95/100
Organic Whole Grain Waffles Totally Original
95/100
Organic Whole Grain Waffles Flax
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Korean Ramen Seasoning lists 43 ingredients on its label

43 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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: 43 (95th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 43 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Glucose
3
Yukmat Seasoning Powder
4
Soy Sauce Powder
5
Reduced Sugar
6
Defatted Soybean
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Glycine
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
10
Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide
11
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
12
Made From Corn
13
Yeast Extract Powder
14
Soybean Protein Concentrate
15
Garlic Powder
16
Onion Powder
17
Soup Flavor
18
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
19
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
20
Artificial Flavor
21
Palm Oil
22
Methionine
23
Msg
24
Flavor Enhancer
25
Garlic Flavor Powder
26
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
27
Corn
28
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
29
Garlic Oil
30
Tomato Powder
31
Onion Flavor Powder
32
Onion
33
Organic Onion Oil
34
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
35
Black Pepper Powder
36
Red Pepper Powder
37
Stevioside A3
38
Flavoring
39
Organic Cinnamon Powder
40
Clove Powder
41
Nutmeg Powder
42
Oleoresin Paprika
43
Oleoresin Capsicum

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, Glucose, Yukmat Seasoning Powder [Soy Sauce Powder(Reduced Sugar{Corn Syrup}, Defatted Soybean, Salt, Glycine, Caramel Color, Disodium 5'-Ribonucleotide), Maltodextrin(Made from Corn), Salt, Yeast Extract Powder, Glucose, Soybean Protein Concentrate, Garlic Powder, Disodium 5'-Ribonucleotide, Onion Powder, Soup Flavor (Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein{Soybean), Sugar, Propylene Glycol, Artificial Flavor, Palm Oil), Methionine], Soy Sauce Powder, Monosodium Glutamate [Flavor Enhancer], Salt, Garlic Flavor Powder [Garlic, Corn, Dextrin, Garlic Oil], Tomato Powder, Onion Flavor Powder[Onion, Corn, Dextrin, Onion Oil], Citric Acid, Black Pepper Powder, Disodium 5'-Ribonucleotide[Flavor Enhancer], Red Pepper Powder, Stevioside A3[Flavoring], Cinnamon Powder, Clove Powder, Nutmeg Powder, Oleoresin Paprika, Oleoresin Capsicum.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Korean Ramen Seasoning

Neighbours outside Hoxy with screening scores in the same high band as Korean Ramen Seasoning (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hoxy; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Korean Ramen Seasoning's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 43-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Korean Ramen Seasoning'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 8809945320042: 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.