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Is Shin Ramyun Black Ramyun Noodles With Soup Mix ultra-processed?

101 g Noodles Sold in the United States

Pack of Shin Ramyun Black Ramyun Noodles With Soup Mix

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 60 ingredients
  • 10 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed noodles

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

enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), potato starch, palm oil, rice flour, maltodextrin, modified potato starch, beef bone, salt, contains less than 2% of each of the following (anchovy), beef extract, beef fat, black pepper, caramel (color), corn syrup, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, disodium succinate, green onion, shiitake mushrooms, red chili pepper (red chili pepper, dextrose, salt, tocopherols, citric acid), freeze dried white button mushrooms, garlic, ginger, gum arabic, hydrolyzed corn protein, hydrolyzed soy protein, modified corn starch, modified tapioca starch, mushroom, natural flavors, onion, potassium carbonate, radish, red chili pepper, riboflavin (color), seaweed extract, sodium carbonate, sodium phosphates, soybean sprout extract, soybeans, sugar, tocopherols (antioxidant), wheat gluten, yeast extract, yellow corn flour

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E330 Citric acid , E363 Succinic acid , E414 Acacia gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), POTATO STARCH, PALM OIL, RICE FLOUR, MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, BEEF BONE EXTRACT, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: ANCHOVY EXTRACT*, BEEF EXTRACT*, BEEF FAT*, BLACK PEPPER*, CARAMEL* (COLOR), CORN SYRUP*, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM SUCCINATE, DRIED GREEN ONION, DRIED SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS, FREEZE DRIED RED CHILI PEPPER (RED CHILI PEPPER, DEXTROSE, SALT, TOCOPHEROLS, CITRIC ACID), FREEZE DRIED WHITE BUTTON MUSHROOMS, GARLIC*, GINGER*, GUM ARABIC, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, MUSHROOM*, NATURAL FLAVORS, ONION*, POTASSIUM CARBONATE, RADISH EXTRACT*, RED CHILI PEPPER*, RIBOFLAVIN (COLOR), SEAWEED EXTRACT*, SODIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SOYBEAN SPROUT EXTRACT*, SOYBEANS*, SUGAR, TOCOPHEROLS (ANTIOXIDANT), WHEAT GLUTEN, YEAST EXTRACT, YELLOW CORN FLOUR

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.

  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 416 noodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 372nd. 73% of the noodles 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 416 noodles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0031146014408, last edited 20 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.