Maruchan

Ramen creamy chicken flavor

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #21 of 33 instant noodles we grade

Better-rated on this shelf

We earn a commission when you buy through paid links on this page, at no extra cost to you. It never changes a rating or a ranking. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. How we stay independent.

See the health impact of dry ramen noodle soup on GoutSafe ↗

Better-rated swaps

Same shelf, a better grade. Ranked by gout rating only.

Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving0.5 BLOCK OF NOODLES WITH SEASONING (43 g)
Purine per servingabout 7 mg, at most 26 mg (6% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 59 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 36 mg per serving
Main purine sourcedried yeast
Fructose per serving0.5 g
Added sugar per servingnot on the label
Total sugar per serving1 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
yeast extract dried yeast (D) 847 mg up to 5% 18 mg 18 mg
soy sauce soy sauce (shoyu) (A) 50 mg up to 25% 5 mg 3 mg
ramen noodle enriched wheat flour bread flour (A) 26 mg up to 100% 11 mg 2 mg
soy protein soy protein concentrate (A) 192 mg up to 5.9% 5 mg 1 mg
chicken broth chicken bone broth (B) 30 mg up to 5.3% under 1 mg under 1 mg
hydrolyzed corn corn (A) 12 mg up to 6.7% under 1 mg under 1 mg
wheat bread flour (A) 26 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 7 mg of purine per serving, and at most 26 mg (6% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from yeast (dried). Source on GoutSafe.
  • The panel lists 1 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: RAMEN NOODLE 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, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF: SALT, SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT), POTASSIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM (MONO, HEXAMETA, AND/OR TRIPOLY) PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CARBONATE, TURMERIC. SOUP BASE INGREDIENTS: SALT, POWDERED CREAM SUBSTITUTE (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, CORN SYRUP, SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE [MILK DERIVATIVE]), SUGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF: MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, DEHYDRATED VEGETABLES (ONION, GARLIC, PARSLEY), MALTODEXTRIN, HYDROLYZED CORN, WHEAT AND SOY PROTEIN, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, CHICKEN BROTH, YEAST EXTRACT, SPICES (CELERY SEED), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, XANTHAN GUM, SILICON DIOXIDE (ANTI-CAKING AGENT), TURMERIC, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE.

Serving: 0.5 BLOCK OF NOODLES WITH SEASONING (43 g). Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2032443), dated 2021-10-28. UPC 041789002519. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

Where to buy

Prices change often, so we don't show them. The rating is the same whichever store you pick.