Nongshim Kimchi Shin Noodles

Nongshim Kimchi Shin Noodles are instant noodles of refined wheat flour, potato starch and palm oil, with a soup base of seasoning, salt and spices and flakes of dried kimchi, cabbage and bok choy.

CleanPlate scores it EC5. The E for nutrition is low: almost no credited protein, fibre or micronutrients per 100 g; its 8.2 g of protein earns no credit because it is under 2.75 g per 100 kcal. The C for ingredients reflects mostly refined or industrial ingredients (led by noodles, seasoning and sugar), with additives that cost points: caramel colour, sodium phosphates, polyphosphates and beta-carotene. The 5 for risk comes mainly from sodium (2350 mg per 100 g) and saturated fat (7.5 g per 100 g).

Noodles (refined wheat flour, potato starch, palm oil, salt, mineral salts INS 339(ii), 452(i), 500(i), 501(i), colour INS 160a(i), green tea extract); soup base (seasoning with hydrolyzed vegetable protein, maltodextrin, salt, yeast extract, soybean, wheat flour, soy sauce, vegetable oil, garlic and onion; salt, sugar, spices, flavor enhancers INS 621, 627, 631, thickener INS 412, acidifier INS 330, colour INS 150c); flakes (dried kimchi flake with Chinese cabbage 40.73%, garlic 2.61%, red pepper 2.61% and ginger 0.27%; dried cabbage 37.5%; dried bok choy 12.5%).

Per 100 g: 436 kcal, 15 g fat of which 7.5 g saturated, 4.8 g sugar of which 2.6 g added, 8.2 g protein, 2350 mg sodium. The panel is printed per 100 g (436 kcal, sodium 2,350 mg) and matches an earlier read; an earlier US-style per 75 g panel was replaced. The flake percentages add to 96.2 and are shares of the flakes sachet; about 3% of the pack is assumed for the flakes and about 14% for the soup base, so the score is provisional. Net 75 g is from the earlier record and is not on the photos.