Nongshim NOVA 4

Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Flavor

Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Flavor: 3.9/5 ingredient safety

Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Flavor by Nongshim has 11 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.9 out of 5, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Cereals and potatoes / Cereals and their products / Meals / Dried products / Pastas / Dried products to be rehydrated / Noodles / Soups / Dried meals / Instant noodles

Product Insight: Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Flavor

Bowl Noodles Hot & Spicy Flavor by Nongshim is tracked in PlainIngredients with 11 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 3.9 out of 5, a Low-Risk-to-Safe tier backed by FDA and EU regulatory status. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), and no Nutri-Score label has been assigned by Open Food Facts contributors. Within the identified ingredient list, 1 ingredient is currently flagged as Caution or High Risk and warrant individual review via the linked ingredient pages, while 10 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale. This product's average ingredient safety score is 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

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3.9
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.9 out of 5
Based on 11 tracked ingredients
11
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
10
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), palm oil, potato starch, modified potato starch, salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, contains less than 2% of each of the following: beef extract*, beef fat*, beef stock*, black pepper*, citric acid, corn syrup*, dehydrated vegetables (green onion, carrot), disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, disodium succinate, dried fish cake (pollock, bream, d-sorbitol, modified corn starch, wheat flour, sucrose fatty acid esters, hydrolyzed soy protein, salt, sugar, color), garlic*, ginger*, maltodextrin, modified tapioca starch, natural flavors, onion*, potassium carbonate, radish extract*, red chili pepper*, riboflavin (color), rice*, sodium carbonate, sodium phosphates, soybeans*, sugar, tocopherols (antioxidant), yeast extract, yellow corn flour.

Product Details

Barcode
0031146250103
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
New Zealand,United States

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