Product information
About
A mini cup of Japanese soy-sauce ramen, 35 g, with pink fishcake slices that carry the face of Chiikawa, a Japanese comic character. The soup is a light, familiar shoyu (soy sauce) broth, much like a smaller Cup Noodle, and all you add is boiling water. Buy it if you want a snack, a side or a gift for a Chiikawa fan; if you want a full meal, this cup is too small.
On the pack: ちいかわラーメン しょうゆ味 (chee-ka-wa rah-men, shoyu flavour), under the チャルメラ (Charumera) name.
What you're getting
- A 35 g cup, 30 g of it noodles, against a regular Cup Noodle's 78 g: a snack or a side dish rather than lunch.
- In the cup with the noodles: the pink Chiikawa fishcake slices, seasoned pork, egg and spring onion.
- The lid comes in one of five designs, front and back, so you cannot choose which characters you get.
- Charumera is Myojo's ramen brand, best known in Japan for its packet noodles. This cup tastes like its cup ramen instead: a light, everyday shoyu.
- Allergens: contains egg, milk, wheat, crustaceans (shrimp), molluscs (squid, scallop, clam), fish and soy. Japanese labels don't have to flag scallop or clam as allergens, so the pack names them only in its ingredient list (shellfish extract). If you avoid them, look for them by name in the ingredients.
- Also on the label: there is meat in it: seasoned pork, a beef seasoning, chicken extract and gelatine. Anyone who avoids pork, beef or meat should skip it. It is made on equipment that also handles peanut and buckwheat.
The water goes in boiling and the cup is small and light, so if it is for a child, an adult should pour the water.
Ingredients
Fried noodles (wheat flour (made in Japan), vegetable oil and fat, salt, chicken extract, soy sauce, flavour seasoning); toppings (seasoned pork, fish paste, egg, spring onion); soup (salt, dextrin, sugars, soy sauce, flavour seasoning, spices, shellfish extract, hydrolysed protein, beef seasoning, yeast extract)
modified starch, flavour enhancer (amino acids etc.), calcium carbonate, kansui (alkaline noodle salts), caramel colour, thickener (polysaccharides), flavouring, antioxidant (vitamin E), acidity regulator, emulsifier, carotenoid colour, squid ink colour, vitamin B2, vitamin B1, spice extract, monascus colour (contains egg, milk, wheat, shrimp, squid, beef, mackerel, soy, chicken, pork and gelatine)
For your safety, please check both the information on this page and the printed label on the pack. If anything is unclear or the information differs, please contact us before consuming the product.
Allergens
- Contains
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- Egg
- Milk
- Wheat
- Crustacean
- Mollusc
- Fish
- Soy
- May contain
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- Peanut
- Buckwheat
Not ingredients — these are made or handled on the same equipment as this product, so traces are possible. We list every shared-equipment allergen stated on the pack or by the maker.
- Dietary notes
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The toppings include seasoned pork and a fishcake, and the soup is made with a beef seasoning; the noodle dough carries chicken extract, and gelatine is declared too. None of it can be picked out. It is not vegetarian, pescatarian, halal or kosher.
For your safety, please check both the information on this page and the printed label on the pack. If anything is unclear or the information differs, please contact us before consuming the product.
Details
- Maker
- Myojo Foods · Tokyo
- Made in
- Japan
- Net contents
- One cup: 35 g, of which 30 g is noodles
Our guide
How to eat it
- Peel the lid back about halfway.
- Pour in boiling water to about 160 mL.
- Close the lid, wait three minutes, then stir well before you eat.
Good to know
- If a child is eating it, an adult should pour the boiling water.
- If you are collecting the lid designs, peel it back rather than tearing it off.
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In their own words
What Japanese buyers say
- What they grumble about
I bought it because I love Charumera's packet noodles, but maybe I expected too much: the taste felt underwhelming.
チャルメラの袋麺が好きなので購入しましたが、期待しすぎていたのか味はイマイチに感じました。
from mognavi, a Japanese food and drink review site
- What they like
The six or so pink Chiikawa fishcake slices are so cute.
6枚ほど入ったピンクのちいかわなるとが可愛いですね😊
from mognavi
- What they like
A crisp soy-sauce flavour, the familiar taste of a tall-cup soy-sauce ramen.
キリっとしたしょうゆ味で縦型カップの醬油ラーメンによくある馴染みのある風味でした。
from mognavi
- What they grumble about
The noodles are thin and go soft quickly; if you don't eat it fast, they keep swelling.
細くて伸びやすい麺なので早めに食べないとどんどん増えてくる😂
from mognavi
- What they like
The Chiikawa fishcake was so cute my child was thrilled.
ちいかわのかまぼこがかわいくて子どもも大満足でした✨
from mognavi
- What they like
The soup is that nostalgic Charumera soy-sauce flavour.
スープは懐かしのチャルメラ醤油味。
from mognavi
- Mixed feelings
The taste is ordinary, but it's small and cute.
味は普通だけど、ちいさくてかわいいゾ。
from mognavi
- What they like
A good size for a snack or an extra dish.
おやつや、もう一品に良いサイズです。
from mognavi
- What they like
A light, nostalgic soup, the classic cup-ramen kind!
ザ、カップラーメンみたいな軽くて懐かしさが感じられるスープ!
from mognavi
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The maker
Where it comes from
- Myojo Foods
- Tokyo
- Founded 1950
Myojo has sold Charumera ramen in Japan since 1966. This mini cup, the brand's first cup with Chiikawa, a character from a web comic by the artist Nagano, went on sale in March 2024 and was renewed in 2026 with five lid designs.
Product facts here are checked against the maker's own page: myojofoods.co.jp (opens in a new tab)
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