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Nissin Top Ramen Chicken vs Sapporo Ichiban Original

Side by side, using the numbers printed on each pack. Which one you'll like is up to you — here is what the labels say.

The short version

  • Label serving sizes differ — 85g for Nissin Top Ramen Chicken, 100g for Sapporo Ichiban Original — so compare the numbers with that in mind.
  • Sodium: Nissin Top Ramen Chicken lists less — 1,590 vs 1,820 mg.
  • Calories: Nissin Top Ramen Chicken lists less — 380 vs 460 kcal.
  • Protein: Sapporo Ichiban Original lists more — 9 vs 10 g.
  • Price per serving at the last check: $0.32 vs $0.80.

Side by side

as printed on the label
Nutrition basis
Top Ramen Chicken
ATop Ramen Chicken
JapanNissin · pack
85g / serving
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Sapporo Ichiban Original
BSapporo Ichiban Original
JapanSapporo Ichiban · pack
100g / serving
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Heat
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Rating
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Calories
ATop Ramen Chicken380kcal
BSapporo Ichiban Original460kcal
Sodium
ATop Ramen Chicken1,590mg
BSapporo Ichiban Original1,820mg
Total fat
ATop Ramen Chicken14g
BSapporo Ichiban Original19g
Saturated fat
ATop Ramen Chicken7g
BSapporo Ichiban Original9g
Carbohydrate
ATop Ramen Chicken53g
BSapporo Ichiban Original62g
Protein
ATop Ramen Chicken9g
BSapporo Ichiban Original10g
Sugar
ATop Ramen Chicken0g
BSapporo Ichiban Original0g
Salty
ATop Ramen Chicken6.4
BSapporo Ichiban Original7.5
Price / serving
ATop Ramen Chicken$0.32
BSapporo Ichiban Original$0.80

Ingredients & allergens

17 ingredients in common

Highlighted= listed on both packs.

ATop Ramen Chicken
Contains
WHEATSOYBEANEGGMILK (in every pack compared)
Shared equipment

PEANUT, TREE NUTS, SESAME, CRUSTACEAN SHELLFISH, AND FISH

Ingredients · 38 items · 17 shared
Only here (21)
ENRICHED FLOURAUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACTCITRIC ACIDDISODIUM SUCCINATEDRIED LEEK FLAKEEGG WHITEHYDROLYZED CORN PROTEINHYDROLYZED SOY PROTEINLACTOSENATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORPOTASSIUM CHLORIDEPOWDERED CHICKEN+9 more

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), PALM OIL, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM SUCCINATE, DRIED LEEK FLAKE, EGG WHITE, GARLIC POWDER, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, LACTOSE, MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ONION POWDER, POTASSIUM CARBONATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, POWDERED CHICKEN, RENDERED CHICKEN FAT, SILICON DIOXIDE, SODIUM ALGINATE, SODIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, SOYBEAN, SPICE AND COLOR, SUCCINIC ACID, SUGAR, TBHQ (PRESERVATIVE), WHEAT.

BSapporo Ichiban Original
Contains
MILK (in every pack compared)EGGSFISHCRUSTACEAN SHELLFISHTREE NUTSPEANUT PRODUCTS
Ingredients · 40 items · 17 shared
Only here (23)
ENRICHED WHEAT FLOURTAPIOCA STARCHSOY SAUCEWATERSOYBEANSSODIUM BENZOATE-PRESERVATIVEGUAR GUMTOCOPHEROLSMONOSODIUM GLUTAMATESOY SAUCE POWDERLEEK CHIPSCARAMEL COLOR+11 more

NOODLES: Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), palm oil (tbhq & citric acid added to protect flavor), tapioca starch, soy sauce(water, wheat, soybeans, salt, sodium benzoate-preservative), salt, guar gum, sodium carbonate, tocopherols, potassium carbonate. SOUP BASE: Salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar, maltodextrin, soy sauce powder (soy sauce [wheat, soybeans, salt], maltodextrin, salt), onion powder, leek chips, caramel color (contains sulfites), spices, chicken broth powder (maltodextrin, chicken broth flavor [contains chiken broth, salt, flavor] ), beef stock powder disodium succinate, malic acid, garlic powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, corn oil,sodium citrate,sesame oil.

Ingredients and allergen statements are transcribed from the packaging by hand, and we compare them as text — we never work out allergens from an ingredient list. Always check the pack itself before eating.

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