Nongshim NOVA 4

Bowl Noodles

Bowl Noodles: 4/5 ingredient safety

Bowl Noodles by Nongshim has 12 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score in line with 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 / Instant noodles

Product Insight: Bowl Noodles

Bowl Noodles by Nongshim is tracked in PlainIngredients with 12 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 4 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 11 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale. This product's average ingredient safety score is in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

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4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 12 tracked ingredients
12
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
11
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, dried kimchi flakes (napa cabbage, red chili pepper*, garlic, dextrin, salt, ginger, shrimp, glucono delta-lactone), contains less than 2% of: anchovy extract*, beef bone extract*, beef extract*, beef fat*, black pepper*, cellulose*, citric acid, corn syrup, defatted soy flour, dextrose, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, disodium succinate, dried vegetables (carrot, green onion), fermented wheat protein, garlic*, gum arabic, hydrolyzed corn protein, hydrolyzed soy protein, leek extract*, malic acid, maltodextrin, modified tapioca starch, napa cabbage*, natural flavors, non dairy lactic acid, onion*, potassium carbonate, red chili pepper*, riboflavin color, rice flour, sand lance extract*, shrimp*, sodium carbonate, sodium phosphates, sugar, tocopherols (antioxidant), yeast extract, yellow corn flour.

Product Details

Barcode
0031146250301
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
Canada,New Zealand,United States
Stores
Costco

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