Nongshim Bowl Noodle Soup, Spicy Chicken flavor, front of pack

Photo: Nongshim product image, via Kroger. Image policy.

Nongshim

Bowl Noodle Soup, Spicy Chicken flavor

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #26 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.

Check price at Amazon Check price at Walmart

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

Serving1 bowl (86 g)
Purine per servingabout 14 mg, at most 41 mg (10% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 47 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 61 mg per serving
Main purine sourcedried yeast
Fructose per serving1.5 g
Added sugar per serving1 g
Total sugar per serving3 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% 15 mg 15 mg
enriched wheat flour bread flour (A) 26 mg up to 100% 22 mg 5 mg
chicken bone extract cooked chicken breast (C) 175 mg up to 2% 3 mg 3 mg
chicken fat cooked chicken breast (C) 175 mg up to 2% 3 mg 3 mg
anchovy canned anchovy (D) 321 mg up to 1% 3 mg 3 mg
beef bone extract beef roast (C) 125 mg up to 2% 2 mg 2 mg
beef extract beef roast (C) 125 mg up to 2% 2 mg 2 mg
beef fat beef roast (C) 125 mg up to 2% 2 mg 2 mg
parsley flakes fresh parsley (A) 289 mg up to 2% 5 mg 1 mg
shrimp shrimp (D) 182 mg up to 0.7% 1 mg 1 mg
hydrolyzed soy protein soy protein concentrate (A) 192 mg up to 2% 3 mg under 1 mg
textured soy protein soy protein concentrate (A) 192 mg up to 2% 3 mg under 1 mg
gluten free 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
mushroom extract mushrooms (A) 47 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
defatted soy flour dried soybeans (A) 33 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
soybean paste dried soybeans (A) 33 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
rice flour uncooked white rice (A) 33 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
dried carrot carrots (A) 2 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
freeze dried corn corn (A) 12 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
japanese apricot extract fruit juice (D) 1 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
red chili pepper green pepper (A) 2 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
yellow corn flour corn (A) 12 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 14 mg of purine per serving, and at most 41 mg (10% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from yeast (dried). Source on GoutSafe.
  • The Nutrition Facts panel lists 1 g of added sugar per serving, about half of it fructose. Source on GoutSafe.
  • 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), PALM OIL, POTATO STARCH, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BEEF BONE EXTRACT*, BEEF EXTRACT*, BEEF FAT*, BLACK PEPPER*, CHICKEN BONE EXTRACT*, CHICKEN BROTH*, CHICKEN FAT*, CORN SYRUP, DEFATTED SOY FLOUR, DEXTROSE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DRIED CARROT, FREEZE DRIED CORN, GARLIC*, GLUTEN FREE SOY SAUCE* (SOY, RICE, SALT), GUM ARABIC, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, JAPANESE APRICOT EXTRACT* (JAPANESE APRICOT, SUGAR), MALIC ACID, MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, MUSHROOM EXTRACT*, NATURAL FLAVORS (COCONUT, ANCHOVY, SHRIMP), ONION*, PARSLEY FLAKES, POTASSIUM CARBONATE, RADISH EXTRACT*, RED CHILI PEPPER*, RIBOFLAVIN (COLOR), RICE FLOUR, SODIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SOYBEAN PASTE* (WHEAT, SALT, SOYBEAN), SPICES, SUGAR, TEXTURED SOY PROTEIN (DEFATTED SOY FLOUR, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, DEXTROSE, WATER, MALTODEXTRIN, WHEAT GLUTEN, VINEGAR, CITRIC ACID), TOCOPHEROLS (ANTIOXIDANT), TURMERIC (COLOR), YEAST EXTRACT, YELLOW CORN FLOUR.

Serving: 1 bowl (86 g). Added sugar: 1 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2672377), dated 2023-11-16. UPC 031146262571. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

Where to buy

Check price at Amazon Check price at Walmart

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