Brand
Maruchan
Made by
Maruchan Inc
Aisle
Boxed meals, noodles and soup
Kind
instant noodles

Maruchan

Maruchan Instant Lunch Hot & Spicy Chicken Flavor Ramen Cup

Hot and spicy chicken-flavoured ramen noodles in a just-add-water cup.

Label check

Flagged ingredients3

Fails 2 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

IngredientCheckOn the label as
Canola oilSeed oilsVEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CANOLA, COTTONSEED, PALM)
Cottonseed oilSeed oilsVEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CANOLA, COTTONSEED, PALM)
TBHQPreservativesTBHQ

Ingredients as listed

ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CANOLA, COTTONSEED, PALM) PRESERVED BY TBHQ, SALT, DEHYDRATED VEGETABLES (CORN, CARROT, ONION, GARLIC, CHIVE), MALTODEXTRIN, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: SUGAR, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, CHILI, HABANERO, PAPRIKA, AND OTHER SPICES (CELERY SEED), DEHYDRATED SOY SAUCE (WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SAM, CHICKEN FAT, POWDERED COOKED CHICKEN, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM CARBONATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, TURMERIC, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, SILICON DIOXIDE (ANTI-CAKING AGENT), SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, YEAST EXTRACT, MONOSODIUM PHOSPHATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, LACTOSE. CONTAINS WHEAT, SOY, AND MILK INGREDIENTS. MANUFACTURED IN A FACILITY THAT ALSO PROCESSES CRUSTACEAN SHELLFISH AND SESAME PRODUCTS. CONTAINS BIOENGINEERED FOOD INGREDIENT.

Source: Maruchan Inc’s product page, copied as published. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

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