Safe

noodle

by Maruchan

Open Food Facts label for barcode 99803377 · Maruchan. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 99803377

The verdict

noodle by Maruchan scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 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 55-component record, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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 55 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
99803377
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.

99803377 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

noodle label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Crunchy Panko Seasoned · ±0 BOOK-OFF …803377 · July 2026

15 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 99803377 · 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: Crunchy Panko Seasoned Coating Mix, Barbecue · Nearest score peer is Crunchy Panko Seasoned Coating Mix, Barbecue 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. noodle: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. noodle95/1002. Crunchy Panko Seasoned Coating Mix, Barbecue: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Crunchy Panko Seasoned Co…95/1003. Gravy Starter, Garden Vegetable & Herb: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Gravy Starter, Garden Veg…95/1004. Gravy Starter, Garden Vegetable & Herb: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Gravy Starter, Garden Veg…95/1005. Asian Stir-Fry: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Asian Stir-Fry95/100
High-band neighbours for noodle (95/100) outside Maruchan.
Chart values as text

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

noodle
95/100
Crunchy Panko Seasoned Coating Mix, Barbecue
95/100
Gravy Starter, Garden Vegetable & Herb
95/100
Gravy Starter, Garden Vegetable & Herb
95/100
Asian Stir-Fry
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

noodle lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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

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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 55 (98th 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 55 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Wheat Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Vegetable Oil
9
Canola
10
Cottonseed
11
Palm
12
Preserved By Tbhq
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Dehydrated Vegetables
15
Carrot
16
Green Peas
17
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
18
Onion
19
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
20
Msg
21
Freeze Dried Shrimp
22
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
24
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
25
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
26
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
27
Wheat
28
Soybeans
29
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
30
Spice
31
Yeast Extract
32
Potassium Carbonate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
33
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
34
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
35
Monosodium Phosphate
36
Sodium Carbonate
ANTIOXIDANT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
37
Natural Flavors
38
Sesame Oil
39
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
40
Disodium Inosináte
41
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
42
Chicken Broth
43
47% 7% 0% 0%
44
Soy
45
Milk
46
And Shrimp Ingredients
47
15% 50mg 4% Alue
48
Dv
49
Tells You How In A Serving Of Food Daly Diet
50
Omaruchan
51
Irvine
52
Ca 92618 Www
53
Maruchan
54
Com Made In U
55
O Maruchan

Full Ingredient List

enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola, cottonseed, palm) preserved by tbhq, salt, dehydrated vegetables (carrot, green peas, garlic, onion), maltodextrin, contains less than 2% of: monosodium glutamate, freeze dried shrimp, sugar, hydrolyzed corn protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein, hydrolyzed soy protein, dehydrated soy sauce (wheat , soybeans, salt), caramel color, spice, yeast extract, potassium carbonate, sodium hexametaphosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, monosodium phosphate, sodium carbonate, natural flavors, sesame oil, disodium guanylate, disodium inosináte, lactose, chicken broth, 47% 7% 0% 0% contains wheat, soy, milk, and shrimp ingredients, 15% 50mg 4% alue (dv) tells you how in a serving of food daly diet, 2,000 calories a general nutrition advice, omaruchan , inc, irvine, ca 92618 www,maruchan,com made in u,s,a, o maruchan, inc, 2019

High-score cross-brand comparables for noodle

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

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from noodle's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 55-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare noodle'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 99803377: 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.