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Tonkotsu Ramen with Kuromau

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #28 of 33 instant noodles we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving1 bowl (101 g)
Purine per servingabout 13 mg, at most 42 mg (10% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 41 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 61 mg per serving
Main purine sourcedried yeast
Fructose per serving1 g
Added sugar per serving2 g
Total sugar per serving2 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 2% 17 mg 17 mg
anchovy extract canned anchovy (D) 321 mg up to 2% 6 mg 6 mg
tuna extract canned tuna (D) 212 mg up to 2% 4 mg 4 mg
enriched wheat flour bread flour (A) 26 mg up to 50% 13 mg 4 mg
pork bone extract pork roast & chops (C) 120 mg up to 2% 2 mg 2 mg
pork fat pork roast & chops (C) 120 mg up to 2% 2 mg 2 mg
hydrolyzed soy protein soy protein concentrate (A) 192 mg up to 2% 4 mg 1 mg
wheat gluten bread flour (A) 26 mg up to 14% 4 mg 1 mg
black sesame paste tahini (A) 37 mg up to 8.3% 3 mg under 1 mg
chicken broth chicken bone broth (B) 30 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
cacao unsweetened cocoa powder (A) 59 mg up to 2.8% 2 mg under 1 mg
black garlic extract garlic (A) 17 mg up to 6.3% 1 mg under 1 mg
defatted soy flour dried soybeans (A) 33 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
soy soy milk (A) 22 mg up to 1% under 1 mg under 1 mg
wheat bread flour (A) 26 mg up to 0.7% under 1 mg under 1 mg
soybean sprout extract dried soybeans (A) 33 mg up to 0.2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
corn corn (A) 12 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
green onion onions (A) 2 mg up to 1% 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 has no processing class for it, but its label lists maltodextrin, an ingredient Open Food Facts treats as a marker of ultra-processing (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
  • About 13 mg of purine per serving, and at most 42 mg (10% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from yeast (dried). Source on GoutSafe.
  • The Nutrition Facts panel lists 2 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: POTATO STARCH, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), PALM OIL, BLACK GARLIC OIL [CANOLA OIL, GARLIC, BLACK SESAME PASTE, BLACK GARLIC EXTRACT, POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, WATER, TOCOPHEROLS (ANTIOXIDANT), CORN OIL, CACAO*, SOY OIL], SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, WHEAT GLUTEN, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: ANCHOVY EXTRACT*, ARTIFICIAL BEEF FLAVOR, BLACK PEPPER*, CHICKEN BROTH, CORN SYRUP, DEFATTED SOY FLOUR, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM SUCCINATE, DRIED FLAKES ( GARLIC, GREEN ONION), GARLIC, GINGER*, GUM ARABIC, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (CORN, SOY, WHEAT), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, NATURAL FLAVORS (DAIRY), ONION FLAVORED OIL* [DEXTROSE, CANOLA OIL, ONION, GARLIC, GINGER, TOCOPHEROLS RIBOFLAVIN (COLOR), SODIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SORBITOL, SOY LECITHIN, SOYBEAN SPROUT EXTRACT*, SUGAR (ANTIOXIDANT)], ONION*, POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, PORK BONE EXTRACT*, PORK FAT*, POTASSIUM CARBONATE, FUNFLOWER OIL, TOCOPHEROLS (ANTIOXIDANT), TUNA EXTRACT*, YEAST EXTRACT.

Serving: 1 bowl (101 g). Added sugar: 2 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2672376), dated 2023-11-16. UPC 031146058105. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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