Samyang Ramen Instant Noodles - Carbo Hot Chicken Flavour

Samyang Ramen Instant Noodles - Carbo Hot Chicken Flavour (the Buldak Carbonara pack) is a 130 g bag of refined wheat noodles (77.5%) with a spicy chicken soup (12.7%) and a milk-powder carbonara powder (9.8%). The front says Artificial Spicy Chicken Flavor.

CleanPlate scores it EC4. The E for nutrition is low: almost no credited protein, fibre or micronutrients per 100 g; its 6.15 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, flavouring, acetylated starch and starch sodium octenyl succinate. The 4 for risk comes mainly from sodium (1023 mg per 100 g) and saturated fat (7.69 g per 100 g).

Noodle 77.462% (refined wheat flour, modified tapioca starch, refined palm oil, modified potato starch, refined salt, lecithin, acidity regulators, guar gum, riboflavin, citric acid, nature-identical green tea flavour); soup 12.7% (water, artificial chicken flavor powder, soy sauce, white sugar, red and chilli pepper powder, soybean oil, onion, garlic, modified potato starch, paprika oleoresin, decolorized chilli extract, black pepper, curry powder); powder 9.8% (whole milk powder, white sugar, milk powder, salt, mozzarella cheese powder under 2%, butter powder under 1%, modified potato starch, curly parsley, pepper, garlic powder, soybean oil).

Per 100 g: 423 kcal, 15.4 g fat of which 7.69 g saturated, 3.85 g sugar of which 3.85 g added, 2.31 g fibre, 6.15 g protein, 1023 mg sodium. The panel is the US Nutrition Facts per 1 package (130 g), converted to per 100 g by dividing by 1.3; the bag itself is 550 kcal, 20 g of fat (10 g saturated) and 1,330 mg of sodium. The front reads Carbonara Buldak Spicy Ramen, which the user treats as this Blinkit Carbo Hot Chicken product. The pack shown holds 5 bags, so net is 130 g per bag. The section shares (noodle, soup, powder) are as printed, and the allergen line prints 'GLUTTEN'.