Nongshim Soon Veggie Ramyun Instant Noodles

Nongshim Soon Veggie Ramyun is a 112 g instant noodle pack: refined wheat noodles, a soup powder with hydrolysed vegetable protein, soy sauce and flavour enhancers, and flakes of dried carrot and green choy. The pack says Gourmet Mild.

CleanPlate scores it EC5. The E for nutrition is low: almost no credited protein, fibre or micronutrients per 100 g; its 7.3 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: sodium phosphates, polyphosphates, riboflavin and a flavour enhancer. The 5 for risk comes mainly from sodium (2422 mg per 100 g) and calories (434 kcal per 100 g).

Noodles (refined wheat flour, potato starch, palm oil, mineral salts, seasoning, green tea extract, colour INS 101); soup powder (seasoning with hydrolysed vegetable protein, maltodextrin, yeast extract, soy sauce, salt, sugar, spices, flavour enhancers INS 627 and 631, shiitake mushroom, acidity regulator); flakes of dried carrot and dried green choy.

Per 100 g: 434 kcal, 17 g fat, 7.8 g sugar, 7.3 g protein, 2422 mg sodium. The flake percentages add to 100, so they are shares of the flakes only; about 3.7% of the pack is assumed for the flakes and about 10% for the seasoning, which makes the score provisional. The panel prints no saturated fat, trans fat or fibre line, and no added-sugar line although sugar is listed. Net 112 g is from the earlier record. Values are as sold.