Top Ramen Chicken
America's classic chicken ramen, since 1970.
Nissin's Top Ramen Chicken: the classic American instant ramen, with a savory chicken broth, garlic, onion and leek, and no added MSG.
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About this ramen
Top Ramen is Nissin's original instant ramen for the US market, sold since 1970, and chicken is its classic flavor. The broth combines powdered chicken and rendered chicken fat with garlic, onion, spice and dried leek flakes. Nissin makes it with no added MSG. It's a simple, mild base that works as is or with your own toppings. Its label lists wheat, soybean, egg and milk.
Taste profile
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Nutrition Facts
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
Read off the pack on 2026-09-25.
Against the FDA daily value of 2,300 mg. Many people use only part of the soup base.
Ingredients
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.
WHEAT, SOYBEAN, EGG, AND MILK
PEANUT, TREE NUTS, SESAME, CRUSTACEAN SHELLFISH, AND FISH
Shared equipment, not an ingredient — traces are possible but not declared.
Transcribed from the packaging. Recipes change without notice — if you have an allergy, read the pack in your hand before eating.
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