Instant Yakisoba
Instant Yakisoba by Myojo has 12 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.8 out of 5, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.32 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 / Pastas / Noodles
How This Score Is Built
Instant Yakisoba draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 12 of its 12 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Instant Yakisoba sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.8 Top 84% higher than 16% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
- Monosodium Glutamate - Safety score: 2/5
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
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
Noodles: wheat flour, palm oil, salt, hydrolyzed protein (sardine, bonito, tuna), soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt), calcium carbonate, sugar, monosodium glutamate, caramel color, sodium carbonate, alginic acid, potassium carbonate, sodium metaphosphate, tocopherols, sodium tripolyphosphate, guar gum. sauce: worcester sauce (brewed vinegar, sugar, tomato, onion, mushroom, apple, salt, spices, hydrolyzed soybean protein, water), sugar, vegetable oil (rapeseed oil, rice oil, soybean oil), caramel color, hydrolyzed protein (bonito, sardine, tuna, corn), molasses, yeast extract, salt, natural and artificial flavor, monosodium glutamate, scallop extract (scallop, hydrolyzed protein (soybeans, sardine, horse mackerel), disodium inosinate, spirit vinegar, licorice extract, garlic. mustard mayonnaise: vegetable oil (rapeseed oil, soybean oil), brewed vinegar, egg yolk, salt, sugar, mustard, monosodium glutamate. dried vegetable: cabbage (cabbage, lactose (milk), magnesium carbonate). ga
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Instant Yakisoba: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.8/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 12.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Myojo
- Barcode
- 0011152012469
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Instant Yakisoba above or below average on ingredient safety?
Instant Yakisoba scores 3.8 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 84% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3.8/5 ingredient safety score mean?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 3.8/5 average places Instant Yakisoba in the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.