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Garlic Sesame Asian-Style Noodles with Beef

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #11 of 38 frozen dinners and entrees we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving1 package (226 g)
Purine per servingabout 26 mg, at most 76 mg (19% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 34 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 102 mg per serving
Main purine sourcechicken bone broth
Fructose per serving4.5 g
Added sugar per serving7 g
Total sugar per serving9 g

Where the purine comes from

IngredientMatched GoutSafe foodPurine in that food, per 100 gShare of the productPurine at that share, per servingCounted in the worst case
chicken broth chicken bone broth (B) 30 mg up to 50% 34 mg 34 mg
soy sauce soy sauce (shoyu) (A) 50 mg up to 25% 28 mg 17 mg
cooked beef steak water and binder product caramel color added beef roast (C) 125 mg up to 5.9% 17 mg 17 mg
mushroom juice concentrate mushrooms (A) 47 mg up to 8.3% 9 mg 4 mg
vegetables: broccoli broccoli (A) 70 mg up to 7.1% 11 mg 3 mg
sesame oil tahini (A) 37 mg up to 14% 12 mg under 1 mg
cooked asian-style noodles (water, semolina wheat flour, wheat gluten) sauce: water whole-grain wheat flour (A) 12 mg up to 100% 26 mg under 1 mg
toasted sesame seeds tahini (A) 37 mg up to 11% 9 mg under 1 mg
ginger puree ginger root (A) 2 mg up to 10% under 1 mg under 1 mg
carrots carrots (A) 2 mg up to 6.7% under 1 mg under 1 mg
red bell peppers red and green bell peppers (A) 1 mg up to 6.3% under 1 mg under 1 mg

Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.

Why it's rated C

  • Open Food Facts classes it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
  • About 26 mg of purine per serving, and at most 76 mg (19% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from chicken bone broth. Source on GoutSafe.
  • The Nutrition Facts panel lists 7 g of added sugar per serving, about half of it fructose. Source on GoutSafe.

Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. Sugar comes from the Nutrition Facts panel. How we rate.

What's on the label

Ingredients: COOKED ASIAN-STYLE NOODLES (WATER, SEMOLINA WHEAT FLOUR, WHEAT GLUTEN) SAUCE: WATER, CHICKEN BROTH, BROWN SUGAR, SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT), GARLIC, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SESAME OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, TOASTED SESAME SEEDS, GINGER PUREE, POTASSIUM SALT, MUSHROOM JUICE CONCENTRATE, CARAMEL COLOR. VEGETABLES: BROCCOLI, CARROTS, RED BELL PEPPERS. COOKED BEEF STEAK WATER AND BINDER PRODUCT CARAMEL COLOR ADDED (BEEF, WATER, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, BEEF BROTH, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, DEXTROSE, CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL FLAVOR)

Serving: 1 package (226 g). Added sugar: 7 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2769645), dated 2026-05-21. UPC 013800332721.

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