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Premium Tonkotsu Ramen with Kuromayu Black Garlic Oil

Premium Tonkotsu Ramen with Kuromayu Black Garlic Oil: 3.8/5 ingredient safety

Premium Tonkotsu Ramen with Kuromayu Black Garlic Oil by Nongshim 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, 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 / Dried products / Pastas / Dried products to be rehydrated / Noodles / Instant noodles / Instant noodle soups

How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 12 of 12 ingredients tracked for Premium Tonkotsu Ramen with Kuromayu Black Garlic Oil have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where Premium Tonkotsu Ramen with Kuromayu Black Garlic Oil 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

3.8
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.8 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

POTATO STARCH, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), PALM OIL, BLACK GARLIC OIL [CANOLA OIL, GARLIC, BLACK SESAME PASTE, BLACK GARLIC EXTRACT, POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, WATER, TOCOPHEROLS (ANTIOXIDANT), CORN OIL, CACAO, SOY OIL), SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, WHEAT GLUTEN, ANCHOVY EXTRACT, ARTIFICIAL BEEF FLAVOR, BLACK PEPPER, CHICKEN BROTH, CORN SYRUP, DEFATTED SOY FLOUR, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM SUCCINATE, DRIED FLAKES (GARLIC, GREEN ONION), GARLIC, GINGER, GUM ARABIC, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (CORN, SOY, WHEAT), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, NATURAL FLAVORS (DAIRY), ONION FLAVORED OIL (DEXTROSE, CANOLA OIL, ONION, GARLIC, GINGER, TOCOPHEROLS (ANTIOXIDANT), ONOV, POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, PORK BONE EXTRACT, PORK FAT, POTASSIUM CARBONATE, RIBOFLAVIN (COLOR), SODIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SORBITOL, SOY LECITHIN, SOYBEAN SPROUT EXTRACT,

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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Premium Tonkotsu Ramen with Kuromayu Black Garlic Oil: 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.

Product Details

Barcode
0031146058105
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Premium Tonkotsu Ramen with Kuromayu Black Garlic Oil above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3.8/5, Premium Tonkotsu Ramen with Kuromayu Black Garlic Oil sits behind 84% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3.8/5 rating on Premium Tonkotsu Ramen with Kuromayu Black Garlic Oil?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Premium Tonkotsu Ramen with Kuromayu Black Garlic Oil's 3.8/5 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.