Is Mike's Mighty Good Ramnen Soup ultra-processed?

Soups Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Gluten

23 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed soups

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

wheat flour, yeast extracts, potato starch (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), miso (soybeans, rice (rice, aspergillus oryzae), salt (processing marker)), natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), cabbage, garlic, sesame, chili pepper, mushroom, sesame oil (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), pea protein isolate, kombu seaweed, onion

As written on the pack

organic unbleached wheat flour, yeast extracts, organic potato starch, organic sunflower oil, miso* (organic soybeans, cultured rice (rice, aspergillus oryzae), salt), natural flavors, organic sugar, cabbage*, garlic*, sesame*, chili pepper*, mushroom*, organic sesame oil, sea salt, organic wheat gluten, pea protein isolate*, kombu seaweed*, onion*,

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.

5 ingredients that would only make it processed

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

Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 722 soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 394th. 63% of the soups 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 722 soups, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0815677022077, last edited 24 August 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.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.