Schezwan Instant Noodles
Ching’s Secret Schezwan Instant Noodles is an ultra-processed instant noodle product built around refined wheat flour, palmolein, added flavor enhancers, and seasoning powders. The ingredient list available from retail listings shows the typical instant-noodle structure: noodle block plus seasoning mix, with additives such as E627, E631, E640, E551, and acidity regulator E330.
Why this verdict
Red flags present. Best treated as an avoid-for-regular-use product unless the underlying evidence changes.
Awaiting label-side verification on 2 axes: Sugar load, Sodium.
The issue is frequency: the red flags make this a poor default, even if rare use carries lower practical concern.
This card is the decision shortcut. The detailed evidence and citations live in the six-axis cards below.
No per-100g (or per-100ml) added-sugar/sugar value is provided in the available sources, so the sugar-load threshold
The ingredients show an ultra-processed (NOVA 4) instant noodle formulation (refined wheat flour noodle block plus seasoning mix with additives like flavour enhancers E627/E631/E640 and anticaking agent E551). Because at least one other axis is not green, this meets the RED threshold (NOVA 4 + fails any other axis).
The ingredient list includes palmolein oil (and sunflower oil), indicating use of refined vegetable oils. With no saturated-fat or trans-fat numbers on a verified nutrition panel, this lands in the YELLOW threshold based on refined-oil profile rather than a quantified high-SFA/trans finding.
No verified sodium (mg/100g) nutrition panel is available in the provided sources, so sodium thresholds
No front-of-pack health claims or misleading claims contradicted by the ingredient list are evidenced in the provided sources, and no ASCI/FSSAI/NCPCR ruling is cited. Based on the brand page and retail listing sources provided, this meets the GREEN threshold for marketing-deception screening.
No recalls, bans, court orders, or upheld adverse regulatory findings are provided in the supplied sources for this product/brand. With no adverse items surfaced in the provided research set, this is treated as a clean public record (GREEN) for this run.
Per 100 g
| Energy | 115.67 kcal ⚑ converted from per-serving |
| Protein | 2.83 g ⚑ converted from per-serving |
| Total Fat | 3.17 g ⚑ converted from per-serving |
| Saturated Fat | 1.5 g ⚑ converted from per-serving |
| Trans Fat | 0.0 g ⚑ converted from per-serving |
| Carbohydrate | 19.0 g ⚑ converted from per-serving |
| Sugar | 0.0 g ⚑ converted from per-serving |
| Sodium | 452.83 mg ⚑ converted from per-serving |
As declared on pack
Wheat flour, palmolein oil, sodium & potassium salts, wheat gluten, guar gum; seasoning mix: spice mix (garlic, ginger, onion, red chilli, sesame, celery, capsicum, paprika), noodles powder (wheat flour, palmolein oil, sodium & potassium salts, wheat gluten, guar gum), salt, sugar, flavour enhancers (E627, E631, E640), corn flour, anticaking agent (E551), soy sauce powder, sunflower oil, acidity regulator (E330), tapioca starch.
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- December 2017Third-party review documents product structure and cooking method [Source ↗]The Ramen Rater · [1]
Sources of truth
- [1]2646: Ching’s Secret SchezwanThe Ramen Rater
"Here’s the back of the package (click to enlarge)."
- [2]Ching's Secret Schezwan NoodlesChing's Secret