Shin NOVA 4

shin noodle

shin noodle: 3.9/5 ingredient safety

shin noodle by Shin 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

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 shin noodle, 11 of its 11 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 shin noodle sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3.9 Top 81% higher than 19% 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

3.9
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), potato starch, palm oil, modified potato starch, dried flakes (carrot mushroom, green onion, red chili pepper), salt, maltodextrin, contains less than 2% of: artificial flavor, beef bone extract, beef extract, beef fat, black pepper, citric acid, corn syrup, defatted soy flour, dextrose, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, disodium succinate, garlic, ginger, gum arabic, hydrolyzed corn protein, hydrolyzed soy protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein, mushroom, natural flavors, onion, potassium carbonate, red chili pepper, riboflavin (color), sesame oil, sodium carbonate, sodium phosphates, soybean sprout extract, sugar, tapioca starch, tocopherols (antioxidant), vegetable mixture (corn syrup, onion, cabbage, spinach, pumpkin, carrot, tomato paste), yeast extract, yellow corn flour. powdered contains wheat, soy, and sesame. t

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for shin noodle: 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

Brand
Shin
Barcode
0031146852406
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does shin noodle's safety score compare to other products?

shin noodle scores 3.9 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 81% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 3.9/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. shin noodle's mapped ingredients average out to 3.9/5, which is 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.