Sodium
Instant or miso ramen
Draft · dietitian review pending
What actually happens
2,500–3,500 mg per bowl.
The fix
Pass.
The numbers
- Sodium per bowl
- 2,500–3,500 mg
Ramen is comfort food. A cheap packet on a cold night, or a big steaming bowl at a ramen shop. Both feel harmless.
They aren't. A bowl of instant or miso ramen runs 2,500 to 3,500 mg of sodium. In one sitting. The flavour packet, the miso, the broth base: salt is doing the heavy lifting in all of them.
I ran through the usual workarounds in my head. Use half the packet. Leave the broth. Maybe. But I'd still be guessing, and I know how "I'll just have a little" usually ends.
So this one is a simple pass. No packets in the cupboard, no ramen shop on my list of safe orders. When I want noodles in a bowl, I make my own shrimp noodle bowl and decide what goes in it.
It's not the same. It's close enough, and I know exactly what's in it.