Noodles
Nongshim Nong Shim Japanese Style Udon Noodle Soup (6 Ea.)
Score
- Ultra-processed
- High in salt
- Contains added sugars
- Contains sugar alcohols
- Contains seed oils
- Contains palm oil
- Contains artificial flavors
Why it scores 19
Nongshim Nong Shim Japanese Style Udon Noodle Soup (6 Ea.) scores 19 out of 100 (Bad) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Dextrose: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points High fructose corn syrup: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The Receipt
Nong Shim Japanese Style Udon Noodle Soup (6 Ea.)
Ingredients
- Dextrose minus 20 points
- High fructose corn syrup minus 20 points
- Sugar minus 10 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 8 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 8 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Salt 1.7 g / 100 g minus 5 points
100 − 81 = 19
Can’t score above 79. Contains dextrose, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3][4]
Can’t score above 79. High in salt (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [7]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 152 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 0.4 g |
| Saturated fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 33.3 g |
| Sugars | 0.7 g |
| Protein | 3.6 g |
| Salt | 1.7 g |
Ingredients
- water
- enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin. reduced iron, thiamine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid)
- modified tapioca starch
- soy sauce (soy, wheat, salt)
- acetic acid
- anchovy
- artificial flavors
- bonito
- dextrose (high concern)
- disodium guanylate
- disodium inosinate
- disodium succinate (not recognized)
- dried fish cake (pollock, d-sorbitol, potato starch, wheat starch, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, paprika color)
- dried flakes (freeze dried green onion, seaweed, red chili pepper) (not recognized)
- d-sorbitol
- gum arabic
- high fructose corn syrup (high concern)
- hydrolyzed corn protein
- hydrolyzed soy protein
- hydrolyzed wheat protein
- kelp
- maltodextrin
- mushroom
- natural flavors
- non-dairy lactic acid
- polyglycerol esters of fatty acids
- rice bran oil
- rice flour
- salt
- soy lecithin
- sugar (high concern)
- tapioca starch
- tempura flakes (wheat flour, palm oil, onion, sugar, salt, tuna, cuttlefish, black pepper, glucono-deltalactone) (not recognized)
- tuna wheat gluten
- yeast
Label text, as published
water, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin. reduced iron, thiamine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid), modified tapioca starch, soy sauce (soy, wheat, salt), contains less than 2% of: acetic acid, anchovy*, artificial flavors, bonito*, dextrose, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, disodium succinate, dried fish cake (pollock, d-sorbitol, potato starch, wheat starch, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, paprika color), dried flakes (freeze dried green onion, seaweed, red chili pepper), d-sorbitol, gum arabic, high fructose corn syrup, hydrolyzed corn protein, hydrolyzed soy protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein, kelp*, maltodextrin, mushroom*, natural flavors, non-dairy lactic acid, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, rice bran oil, rice flour, salt, soy lecithin, sugar, tapioca starch, tempura flakes (wheat flour, palm oil, onion, sugar, salt, tuna, cuttlefish, black pepper, glucono-deltalactone), tuna wheat gluten, yeast*. contains wheat, soy, and fish (bonito, tuna, anchovy, pollock). manufactured in a facility that also processes crustacean shellfish, egg, peanut, and milk. manufactured by nongshim co., ltd. 112, yeouidaebang-ro, dongjak-gu, seoul, korea
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk, Peanuts, Soy, Wheat, Gluten, Egg, Fish, Molluscs
- Not vegan
- Not vegetarian
- Not gluten-free
- Not palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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More from Nongshim
Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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21 CFR 184.1866 High fructose corn syrup
“a sweet, nutritive saccharide mixture containing either approximately 42 or 55 percent fructose”
ecfr.gov
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“For adults, WHO recommends less than 2000 mg/day of sodium (equivalent to less than 5 g/day salt), or just under a teaspoon.”
who.int
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“Table 3: Criteria for drinks (per 100ml)”
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org
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Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Annex III point 2.4 (foods with more than 10 % added polyols)
“‘excessive consumption may produce laxative effects’.”
eur-lex.europa.eu
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“replacement of saturated fat in the diet with linoleic acid effectively lowers serum cholesterol but does not support the hypothesis that this translates to a lower risk of death from coronary heart disease or all causes.”
doi.org
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“These data provide support for current recommendations to replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat for primary prevention of CHD.”
doi.org
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“Glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol”
eur-lex.europa.eu