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My Melody Mandarin Noodles with Friendly Scallion Sauce

Contains canola oil

Air-dried wheat noodles come with a scallion sauce. Each package has 1,460 mg sodium and 3 g added sugar, and the sauce contains canola oil.

No artificial flavorsNo natural flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesNo gums or thickenersDairy-freeVegetarianContains soyContains wheat
$16.49 1.8 lb · lowest price at A-Sha Foods USA
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts
300caloriesPer serving · 1 package (95g)
Protein
11g
Fiber
2g▼
Added sugar
3g
Sodium
1460mg▼
Saturated fat
0g
▲ raises the score · ▼ lowers it · From the product label
Ingredients: Wheat flour, water, salt; soy sauce (water, sugar, salt, soybean, wheat, caramel color, yeast extract, malic acid); scallion paste (canola oil, soy sauce (water, soybean, wheat, salt), water, shallot, sugar, black vinegar (water, vinegar, sugar, salt, carrot juice, onion juice, tomato juice, orange juice, caramel color, canola oil, shallot, garlic powder), shallot, salt, soy protein, spicy paste (capsicum, spices, salt), garlic powder, yeast extract, black pepper, cinnamon, anise, shallot extract (canola oil, shallot, shallot extract), glucono-delta-lactone
53 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as grain productsHigh confidence · Scored on 10 of 11 inputs, 1 claim verified
Nutrition · counts 35%42
Ingredients · counts 20%82
Processing · counts 15%55
Sourcing · counts 15%40
Transparency · counts 15%52
Why it scores 53
Nutrition 42 · Compared with other grain foods: more sodium (1460 mg), less fiber (2 g), less whole grain (0%) per 1 package
Ingredients 82 · Canola oil, 5th ingredient (seed oil, −10, ClearShelf standard); Caramel colour (additive, −4); Yeast extract or hydrolysed protein (additive, −4)
Processing 55 · Air-dried wheat noodles with a formulated scallion sauce
Sourcing 40 · Wheat flour, sugar and canola oil have no stated sourcing
Transparency 52 · Full ingredient list, but the spicy paste's spices are unspecified
1,460 mg sodium per package
3 g added sugar
Contains canola oil
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Varies by additive−8 for caramel colour, yeast extract or hydrolysed protein
ClearShelf standard−10 for canola oil · our house standard, not a medical claim
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Ingredients
Wheat flour Water Salt; soy sauce (water, sugar, salt, soybean, wheat, caramel color, yeast extract, malic acid); scallion paste (canola oil Soy sauce (water, soybean, wheat, salt) Water Shallot Sugar Black vinegar (water, vinegar, sugar, salt, carrot juice, onion juice, tomato juice, orange juice, caramel color, canola oil, shallot, garlic powder) Shallot Salt Soy protein Spicy paste (capsicum, spices, salt) Garlic powder Yeast extract Black pepper Cinnamon Anise Shallot extract (canola oil, shallot, shallot extract) Glucono-delta-lactone
19 ingredients 2 to watch3 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives5 additives · 4 limited risk
Caramel colour (E150)ColourLimited risk
Some types (E150c, E150d) can contain 4-MEI, which IARC lists as possibly carcinogenic (Group 2B); levels are regulated.
Seed oilFatLimited risk
ClearShelf standard: we lower the Ingredients score when seed oils are used. This is our house standard, not a medical claim. Research is mixed; major health groups have not found harm at typical intakes.
Yeast extract or hydrolysed proteinFlavour enhancerLimited risk
Contains free glutamate, the flavour-enhancing part of MSG, without being labelled as MSG.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Malic acid (E296)AcidNo risk
The natural acid in apples; considered safe.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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