Instant Lunch Ramen Noodle Soup

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Ultra-processed · 15 ingredients to avoid

Maruchan Instant Lunch Ramen Noodle Soup scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 2g fiber, 6g protein and 4g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Maruchan Instant Lunch Ramen Noodle Soup lists 48 ingredients, starting with Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron and Thiamine Mononitrate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

280 kcal per serving, or 438 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Maruchan Instant Lunch Ramen Noodle Soup on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Maruchan Instant Lunch Ramen Noodle Soup scores worse than most prepared meals we have scored. A higher-scoring option in prepared meals is Amy's Organic Medium Chili at 100/100.