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Nihon Soba Noodle

Contains monosodium glutamate

These soba noodles come with a savory sauce and are made in Hawaiʻi with local and imported ingredients. The noodles use enriched wheat flour, and the sauce contains sugar, maltodextrin and flavor enhancers.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo natural flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesNo gums or thickenersContains soyContains wheatContains fish
$5.99 lowest price at Farm Link Hawaiʻi
Price and stock checked Oct 29, 2026
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Ingredients: Noodles (Unbleached enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, buckwheat flour, matsuya wheat flour), sauce (soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, alcohol), water, sugar, bonito extract (water, dried bonito), tuna extract power (maltodextrin, tuna extract, sea salt, monosodium glutamate, fish sauce (anchovies, salt), tuna extract, disodium inosinate, disodium succinate), salt, monosodium glutamate, kelp extract powder (maltodextrin, kelp extract, salt), yeast extract, disodium 5'-ribonucleotides)
55 / 100
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Weighted as grain productsLow confidence · Scored on 3 of 11 inputs, 1 claim verified
Nutrition facts not available. Scored on its ingredients, processing, sourcing and transparency; the Nutrition part is neutral until we can read the label.Your product? Claim this listing to add the label and it’s scored in full.
Nutrition · counts 35%50
Ingredients · counts 20%88
Processing · counts 15%30
Sourcing · counts 15%35
Transparency · counts 15%65
Why it scores 55
Nutrition 50 · No nutrition facts available; scored mid-range
Ingredients 88 · MSG (monosodium glutamate) (additive, −4); Disodium inosinate or guanylate (additive, −4); Yeast extract or hydrolysed protein (additive, −4)
Processing 30 · Enriched flour noodles with a formulated sauce containing flavor enhancers
Sourcing 35 · Made in Hawaiʻi, but ingredients are local and imported with no sourcing detail
Transparency 65 · Full ingredient list, but no specific growing or sourcing claims
Enriched wheat flour
Contains sugar, maltodextrin and multiple flavor enhancers
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Varies by additive−12 for msg, disodium inosinate or guanylate, yeast extract or hydrolysed protein
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Ingredients
Noodles (Unbleached enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, buckwheat flour, matsuya wheat flour) Sauce (soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, alcohol) Water Sugar Bonito extract (water, dried bonito) Tuna extract power (maltodextrin Tuna extract Sea salt Monosodium glutamate Fish sauce (anchovies, salt), tuna extract, disodium inosinate, disodium succinate) Salt Monosodium glutamate Kelp extract powder (maltodextrin, kelp extract, salt), yeast extract, disodium 5'-ribonucleotides)
13 ingredients 2 to watch3 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives6 additives · 6 limited risk
MaltodextrinFillerLimited risk
Highly processed starch that raises blood sugar quickly and adds no nutrition.
MSG (monosodium glutamate) (E621)Flavour enhancerLimited risk
Considered safe; EFSA set an acceptable daily intake in 2017, and some people report short-lived symptoms.
Disodium inosinate or guanylate (E627, E631)Flavour enhancerLimited risk
Usually paired with MSG; a source of purines, which people with gout are told to limit.
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.
Refined (enriched or bleached) flourRefined grainLimited risk
Bran and germ are removed, so it’s low in fibre; some vitamins are added back.
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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