Samyang Buldak Cheese Hot Chicken Flavour Ramen

Samyang Buldak Cheese Hot Chicken Flavour Ramen is a 140 g packet of fried noodles (73.1%) with a soup sauce (24.1%) and a cheese powder (2.8%). The panel is printed per 100 g, with added sugar and trans fat converted from the per-package column.

CleanPlate scores it EC4. The E for nutrition is low: almost no credited protein, fibre or micronutrients per 100 g; its 9.3 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 noodle, soy sauce and white sugar), with additives that cost points: sodium phosphates, diphosphates, polyphosphates and flavouring. The 4 for risk comes mainly from sodium (1029 mg per 100 g) and saturated fat (6.4 g per 100 g).

Noodle (73.1%): wheat flour (68%), tapioca starch (15%), palm oil (14%), wheat gluten, salt, soybean oil, guar gum, potassium carbonate, sugar solution, lecithin, green tea flavour oil, sodium polyphosphate, sodium pyrophosphate, riboflavin (E101), citric acid. Soup (24.1%): water, artificial cheese flavor, soy sauce, sugar, artificial chicken flavor, red pepper powder, soybean oil, onion and garlic powder, tapioca starch, paprika, yeast extract, flavour enhancer (E635), black pepper, salt. Powder (2.8%): non fat dry milk powder, roast sesame, dried flavour.

Per 100 g: 393 kcal, 12.9 g fat of which 6.4 g saturated, 5 g sugar of which 2.86 g added, 0.7 g fibre, 9.3 g protein, 1029 mg sodium. Atwater energy is within 1% of the declared 393 kcal. The artificial cheese flavour has no percentage. The listing's "No added preservatives" is not on the pack and is not scored.