Maruchan

Chicken Flavor

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #16 of 33 instant noodles we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving1 CONTAINER (64 g)
Purine per servingabout 9 mg, at most 21 mg (5% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 33 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 33 mg per serving
Main purine sourcedried yeast
Fructose per serving1 g
Added sugar per servingnot on the label
Total sugar per serving2 g

The weighted figure is lower than the one before weighting because GoutSafe counts purine from plants at a fraction of the same amount from meat or fish. The grade uses the weighted figure.

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
yeast extract dried yeast (D) 847 mg up to 2% 11 mg 11 mg
enriched wheat flour bread flour (A) 26 mg up to 100% 17 mg 4 mg
chicken fat cooked chicken breast (C) 175 mg up to 2% 2 mg 2 mg
powdered cooked chicken cooked chicken breast (C) 175 mg up to 2% 2 mg 2 mg
soy protein soy protein concentrate (A) 192 mg up to 2% 2 mg under 1 mg
dehydrated soy sauce soy sauce (shoyu) (A) 50 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
chicken broth chicken bone broth (B) 30 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
carrot carrots (A) 2 mg up to 25% under 1 mg under 1 mg
corn corn (A) 12 mg up to 13% under 1 mg under 1 mg
green peas green peas (A) 22 mg up to 8.3% 1 mg under 1 mg
celery stalk celery (A) 13 mg up to 4.2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
hydrolyzed corn corn (A) 12 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
wheat bread flour (A) 26 mg up to 2% 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 9 mg of purine per serving, and at most 21 mg (5% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from yeast (dried). Source on GoutSafe.
  • The panel lists 2 g of total sugars per serving and no added-sugar line.
  • Yeast extract is one of the most purine-dense ingredients there is, at 847 mg per 100 g dried. 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: 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 (CARROT, CORN, GREEN PEAS, GARLIC, ONION, CELERY STALK), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: MALTODEXTRIN, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SUGAR, HYDROLYZED CORN, WHEAT AND SOY PROTEIN, CHICKEN FAT, POWDERED COOKED CHICKEN, SPICES (CELERY SEED), YEAST EXTRACT, DEHYDRATED SOY SAUCE (WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT), POTASSIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM (MONO, HEXAMETA, AND/OR TRIPOLY) PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CARBONATE, TURMERIC, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, SILICON DIOXIDE (ANTI-CAKING AGENT), LACTOSE, CHICKEN BROTH, SOYA LECITHIN.

Serving: 1 CONTAINER (64 g). Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2621852), dated 2023-08-31. UPC 041789001215. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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