Is Koyo Ramen soup ultra-processed?

Dried meals Sold in the United States

Pack of Koyo Ramen soup

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 24 ingredients
  • No additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

noodles (wheat flour), sea salt (processing marker), soup packet (shoyu powder, soybeans), wheat, sea salt (processing marker), miso (soybeans, rice, sea salt (processing marker)), kombu, shiitake mushroom, tofu (soybeans, nigari), onion powder, sea salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), green onion, garlic powder, ginger powder, black pepper

As written on the pack

Organic noodles: organic wheat flour, sea salt. soup packet: shoyu powder (soybeans, wheat, sea salt), miso powder (soybeans, rice, sea salt), kombu powder, shiitake mushroom powder, tofu (soybeans, nigari), onion powder, sea salt, sugar, green onion, garlic powder, ginger powder, black pepper.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 82 dried meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 88% of the dried meals here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 82 dried meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0813551002078, last edited 8 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.