Instant noodles: least sodium
Of the 137 products in the instant noodles aisle of USDA's branded food database, King Soba, Organic Buckwheat Ramen Noodles by King Soba has the least sodium: 0 mg per 100 g (0 mg per 70 g serving); the aisle's median is 1,409 mg. It shares that value with 11 other products; ties are listed by more protein. 15% of those with a declared serving (21) are at or under FDA's "low sodium" line per labeled serving: 140 mg or less, also per 50 g for servings of 30 g or less, per 100 g for meal and main-dish products (21 CFR 101.61(b)(4) and (b)(5); FDA tests per reference amount).
Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; values per 100 g as submitted by manufacturers; one product per UPC.
Updated · By GetFoodFacts · data: USDA FoodData Central, April 30, 2026 release · how the figures are checked
Which instant noodles has the least sodium per 100 g?
- 1King Soba · 70 g serving0mgper 100 g · 0 mg per serving
- 2Bgreen Food · 70 g serving0mgper 100 g · 0 mg per serving
- 3Big Green Organic Food · 70 g serving0mgper 100 g · 0 mg per serving
- 4Bgreen Food · 70 g serving0mgper 100 g · 0 mg per serving
- 5Big Green Organic Food · 70 g serving0mgper 100 g · 0 mg per serving
- 6Big Green Organic Food · 70 g serving0mgper 100 g · 0 mg per serving
- 7Lotus Foods · 35 g serving0mgper 100 g · 0 mg per serving
- 8Big Green Organic Food · 70 g serving0mgper 100 g · 0 mg per serving
- 9Bgreen Food · 70 g serving0mgper 100 g · 0 mg per serving
- 10King Soba · 70 g serving0mgper 100 g · 0 mg per serving
- 11Big Green Organic Food · 70 g serving0mgper 100 g · 0 mg per serving
- 12Bgreen Food · 70 g serving0mgper 100 g · 0 mg per serving
- 13Thai Preserved Food Factory Co., Ltd. · 55 g serving9mgper 100 g · 5 mg per serving
- 14Mama · 45 g serving33mgper 100 g · 15 mg per serving
- 15Mama · 45 g serving33mgper 100 g · 15 mg per serving
- 16Fortune · 64 g serving39mgper 100 g · 25 mg per serving
- 17Mama · 45 g serving44mgper 100 g · 20 mg per serving
- 18Fideo a Vapor Seco · 54 g serving102mgper 100 g · 55 mg per serving
- 19Fortune · 78 g serving109mgper 100 g · 85 mg per serving
- 20Sun Noodle · 186 g serving215mgper 100 g · 400 mg per serving
- 21Nona Lim · 140 g serving250mgper 100 g · 350 mg per serving
- 22King Soba · 80 g serving294mgper 100 g · 235 mg per serving
- 23Wa Imports, Inc · 83 g serving361mgper 100 g · 300 mg per serving
- 24Umi Organic · 142 g serving415mgper 100 g · 589 mg per serving
- 25Simply Asia · 56 g serving464mgper 100 g · 260 mg per serving
- 26Annie Chun's · 100 g serving510mgper 100 g · 510 mg per serving
- 27Cream of Wheat · 65 g serving554mgper 100 g · 360 mg per serving
- 28Ocean's Halo · 60 g serving717mgper 100 g · 430 mg per serving
- 29Nona Lim · 184 g serving739mgper 100 g · 1,360 mg per serving
- 30Thai Pavilion · 75 g serving787mgper 100 g · 590 mg per serving
- 31Kusari · 58 g serving848mgper 100 g · 492 mg per serving
- 32Nissin · 85 g serving871mgper 100 g · 740 mg per serving
- 33Koyo · 60 g serving917mgper 100 g · 550 mg per serving
- 34Lemonilo · 100 g serving940mgper 100 g · 940 mg per serving
- 35Samyang · 140 g serving971mgper 100 g · 1,359 mg per serving
- 36Lotus Foods · 40 g serving975mgper 100 g · 390 mg per serving
- 37Samyang Foods Co., Ltd · 130 g serving1,023mgper 100 g · 1,330 mg per serving
- 38Thai Pavilion · 79 g serving1,025mgper 100 g · 810 mg per serving
- 39Thai Pavilion · 79 g serving1,025mgper 100 g · 810 mg per serving
- 40Meijer · 99 g serving1,081mgper 100 g · 1,070 mg per serving
- 41Ibumie · 80 g serving1,112mgper 100 g · 890 mg per serving
- 42Lucky Me! · 60 g serving1,133mgper 100 g · 680 mg per serving
- 43Nissin · 83 g serving1,145mgper 100 g · 950 mg per serving
- 44Lotus Foods · 40 g serving1,150mgper 100 g · 460 mg per serving
- 45Lotus Foods · 80 g serving1,150mgper 100 g · 920 mg per serving
- 46Kin-dee · 70 g serving1,157mgper 100 g · 810 mg per serving
- 47Wei-chuan · 57 g serving1,158mgper 100 g · 660 mg per serving
- 48Wei-chuan · 57 g serving1,158mgper 100 g · 660 mg per serving
- 49Nissin · 93 g serving1,226mgper 100 g · 1,140 mg per serving
- 50Cup Ncodles · 83 g serving1,229mgper 100 g · 1,020 mg per serving
- 51Jongga · 143 g serving1,231mgper 100 g · 1,760 mg per serving
- 52Nissin · 82 g serving1,232mgper 100 g · 1,010 mg per serving
- 53Wegmans · 56 g serving1,304mgper 100 g · 730 mg per serving
- 54Prima · 90 g serving1,311mgper 100 g · 1,180 mg per serving
- 55Nissin · 93 g serving1,333mgper 100 g · 1,240 mg per serving
- 56Nissin · 97 g serving1,340mgper 100 g · 1,300 mg per serving
- 57Dr. Mcdougall's Right Foods · 50 g serving1,360mgper 100 g · 680 mg per serving
- 58Cook True · 55 g serving1,364mgper 100 g · 750 mg per serving
- 59Nissin · 82 g serving1,378mgper 100 g · 1,130 mg per serving
- 60Nissin · 92.5 g serving1,405mgper 100 g · 1,300 mg per serving
- 61Nissin · 93 g serving1,409mgper 100 g · 1,310 mg per serving
- 62Nissin · 75 g serving1,427mgper 100 g · 1,070 mg per serving
- 63Nissin · 42.5 g serving1,435mgper 100 g · 610 mg per serving
- 64Lotus Foods · 40 g serving1,475mgper 100 g · 590 mg per serving
- 65Nissin · 90 g serving1,478mgper 100 g · 1,330 mg per serving
- 66Mama · 55 g serving1,509mgper 100 g · 830 mg per serving
- 67Kusari · 85 g serving1,518mgper 100 g · 1,290 mg per serving
- 68Maruchan · 94.2 g serving1,529mgper 100 g · 1,440 mg per serving
- 69Odongtong Myon · 60 g serving1,533mgper 100 g · 920 mg per serving
- 70Express By Chef Woo · 64 g serving1,567mgper 100 g · 1,003 mg per serving
- 71Muso · 109 g serving1,569mgper 100 g · 1,710 mg per serving
- 72Chef Woo · 42.5 g serving1,576mgper 100 g · 670 mg per serving
- 73Chef Woo · 71 g serving1,592mgper 100 g · 1,130 mg per serving
- 74Kusari Noodles · 85 g serving1,600mgper 100 g · 1,360 mg per serving
- 75Nissin · 64 g serving1,641mgper 100 g · 1,050 mg per serving
- 76Rap Snacks · 64 g serving1,656mgper 100 g · 1,060 mg per serving
- 77Twisted Noodles · 43 g serving1,674mgper 100 g · 720 mg per serving
- 78Indomie · 35 g serving1,686mgper 100 g · 590 mg per serving
- 79Chef Woo · 71 g serving1,690mgper 100 g · 1,200 mg per serving
- 80Kusari Noodles · 85 g serving1,694mgper 100 g · 1,440 mg per serving
- 81Maruchan · 47.2 g serving1,695mgper 100 g · 800 mg per serving
- 82Rap Snacks · 64 g serving1,703mgper 100 g · 1,090 mg per serving
- 83Muso From Japan · 88 g serving1,705mgper 100 g · 1,500 mg per serving
- 84Maruchan · 47.8 g serving1,715mgper 100 g · 820 mg per serving
- 85Chef Woo · 42.5 g serving1,718mgper 100 g · 730 mg per serving
- 86Cup Noodles · 64 g serving1,719mgper 100 g · 1,100 mg per serving
- 87Nissin · 64 g serving1,719mgper 100 g · 1,100 mg per serving
- 88Maruchan · 64 g serving1,719mgper 100 g · 1,100 mg per serving
- 89Cup Noodles · 64 g serving1,719mgper 100 g · 1,100 mg per serving
- 90Nissin · 42.5 g serving1,741mgper 100 g · 740 mg per serving
- 91Aces · 55 g serving1,745mgper 100 g · 960 mg per serving
- 92Twisted Noodles · 43 g serving1,767mgper 100 g · 760 mg per serving
- 93Ottogi · 120 g serving1,780mgper 100 g · 2,136 mg per serving
- 94Nissin · 64 g serving1,797mgper 100 g · 1,150 mg per serving
- 95Nissin · 64 g serving1,812mgper 100 g · 1,160 mg per serving
- 96Chef Woo · 64 g serving1,812mgper 100 g · 1,160 mg per serving
- 97Koka · 85 g serving1,835mgper 100 g · 1,560 mg per serving
- 98Maruchan · 64 g serving1,859mgper 100 g · 1,190 mg per serving
- 99Maruchan · 64 g serving1,875mgper 100 g · 1,200 mg per serving
- 100Maruchan · 64 g serving1,875mgper 100 g · 1,200 mg per serving
How this ranking is made
137 products in the aisle declare sodium; 121 are ranked, leaving out 7 records whose label contradicts itself or that sit outside the aisle's range; 9 that do not declare all seven core label values (each rule). Values are per 100 g as each manufacturer submitted them to USDA, one product per UPC (its newest submission that meets the data contract), and one per product sold under several UPCs with the same label. The top 100 are shown; each was read again from USDA's live record at this release, and USDA's corrections are applied.
Download: the top 250 as CSV (CC BY 4.0).
What this ranking does not measure
Taste, price, where it is sold and whether the recipe changed since the manufacturer's last submission. Each product page shows the date of its record.
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Sources for this page
- USDA FoodData Central
- the food and product records, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
- FoodData Central documentation
- what each data type is and how branded records are submitted. fdc.nal.usda.gov
- 21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
- the label format, rounding and Daily Values. ecfr.gov
- 21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
- the thresholds for "low sodium", "sugar free", "high in". ecfr.gov
- FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
- the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov