Nongshim

Shin noodle black cup

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #32 of 33 instant noodles we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving1 container (101 g)
Purine per servingabout 18 mg, at most 59 mg (15% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 58 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 85 mg per serving
Main purine sourcebeef roast
Fructose per serving1.5 g
Added sugar per serving1 g
Total sugar per serving3 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
beef bone extract beef roast (C) 125 mg up to 14% 18 mg 18 mg
yeast extract dried yeast (D) 847 mg up to 2% 17 mg 17 mg
anchovy extract canned anchovy (D) 321 mg up to 2% 6 mg 6 mg
seaweed extract dried nori seaweed (A) 592 mg up to 2% 12 mg 4 mg
enriched wheat flour bread flour (A) 26 mg up to 100% 26 mg 3 mg
beef extract beef roast (C) 125 mg up to 2% 3 mg 3 mg
beef fat beef roast (C) 125 mg up to 2% 3 mg 3 mg
rice flour uncooked white rice (A) 33 mg up to 25% 8 mg 2 mg
hydrolyzed soy protein soy protein concentrate (A) 192 mg up to 2% 4 mg 1 mg
dried shiitake mushrooms mushrooms (A) 47 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
dried white button mushrooms mushrooms (A) 47 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
mushroom mushrooms (A) 47 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
soybean sprout extract dried soybeans (A) 33 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
soybeans dried soybeans (A) 33 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
dried green onion onions (A) 2 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
dried red chili pepper green pepper (A) 2 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
hydrolyzed corn protein corn (A) 12 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
wheat gluten bread flour (A) 26 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 18 mg of purine per serving, and at most 59 mg (15% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from beef roast. 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), POTATO STARCH, PALM OIL, RICE FLOUR, MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, BEEF BONE EXTRACT, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: ANCHOVY EXTRACT*, BEEF EXTRACT*, BEEF FAT*, BLACK PEPPER*, CORN SYRUP*, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM SUCCINATE, DRIED GREEN ONION, DRIED SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS, FLAVOR ENHANCER POWDER (MALTODEXTRIN, DEXTROSE, GLYCINE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE TRIBASIC, D-XYLOSE), DRIED RED CHILI PEPPER (RED CHILI PEPPER, DEXTROSE, SALT), DRIED WHITE BUTTON MUSHROOMS, GARLIC*, GINGER*, GUM ARABIC, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, MUSHROOM*, NATURAL FLAVORS, ONION*, POTASSIUM CARBONATE, RADISH EXTRACT*, RED CHILI PEPPER*, RIBOFLAVIN (COLOR), SEAWEED EXTRACT*, SODIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SOYBEAN SPROUT EXTRACT*, SOYBEANS*, SUGAR, TOCOPHEROLS (ANTIOXIDANT), WHEAT GLUTEN, YEAST EXTRACT, YELLOW CORN FLOUR.

Serving: 1 container (101 g). Added sugar: 1 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2672357), dated 2023-11-16. UPC 031146014408. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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