Kimchi Ramyun
Kimchi Ramyun by Nongshim has 13 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with 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 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 / Pastas / Noodles
How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Kimchi Ramyun, 13 of its 13 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where Kimchi Ramyun sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
- Sodium Phosphates - 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
Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), palm oil, potato starch, modified potato starch, salt, contains less than 2% of each of the following: anchovy extract*, beef extract*, beef fat*, beef stock*, black pepper*, cabbage*, cellulose*, citric acid, corn syrup*, dehydrated vegetables (carrot, green cabbage, green onion), dextrose, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, disodium succinate, fermented wheat protein, garlic*, ginger*, gum arabic, hydrolyzed soy protein, kimchi flakes (cabbage, red chili pepper, ginger, salt, shrimp), leek extract*, malic acid, maltodextrin, modified corn starch, modified tapioca starch, mushroom extract*, natural flavors, nondairy lactic acid, onion*, potassium carbonate, radish extract*, red chili pepper*, riboflavin (color), rice*, sand lance concentrate*, seaweed extract*, shrimp*, sodium carbonate, sodium phosphates, soybeans*, sugar, tocopherols (antioxidant), yeast extract, yellow corn
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Kimchi Ramyun: 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: 4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 13.
Product Details
- Brand
- Nongshim
- Barcode
- 0031146023073
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Kimchi Ramyun rank on ingredient safety?
Kimchi Ramyun scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Kimchi Ramyun's 4/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.