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How Many Calories in Miso Ramen?

Also known as 味噌ラーメン, みそラーメン, Sapporo Ramen, Sapporo Miso Ramen.

Thick curly noodles in a rich miso broth, usually with stir-fried bean sprouts, cabbage, ground pork and a knob of butter. Sapporo's winter ramen, and the biggest bowl on the menu.

621kcal / 1 bowl
A standard bowl of miso ramen is about 621 calories, based on the calorie.slism.jp reference for an 839g bowl. That is roughly 200 calories more than a shoyu ramen. The miso broth is cooked with lard, the noodles are thicker, and the stir-fried topping adds another 100.

Nutrition facts

Per 1 bowl (839g)AmountPer 100g
Calories621 kcal74 kcal
Protein26 g3 g
Carbs78 g9 g
Fat22 g3 g

Where the calories come from

Thick ramen noodles (cooked)230g
343 kcal
Miso broth with lard350g
130 kcal
Stir-fried bean sprouts, cabbage, corn80g
60 kcal
Ground pork30g
70 kcal
Butter5g
37 kcal

The real talk

Miso ramen is 621 calories because everything in it is bigger. The noodles are thick Sapporo style and the standard serving is about 230g cooked, around 340 calories. The broth is miso paste blended into pork stock and finished with lard, about 130 calories for 350ml. Then the wok topping of bean sprouts, cabbage and ground pork is fried in oil, another 60 to 70. Compare that with a shoyu bowl where the broth is 40 calories and you can see where the extra 200 comes from.

The Sapporo classic adds butter and corn. A 10g pat of butter is 75 calories and a spoon of sweet corn is 40, so the famous 'miso butter corn ramen' is about 735 calories for around 1,100 yen. It is still a normal meal, but it is close to a McDonald's Big Mac set. Order it once in winter, not every Friday.

The bowl is 839g, which is why it fills you up for hours. About 400g of that is broth. If you eat the noodles and toppings and leave the soup, you drop to around 500 calories and cut the salt from roughly 6g to about 3g. The miso broth tastes good enough that people finish it, so decide before you start.

How the portions compare

500 kcal
Small bowl
621 kcal
Standard bowl
800 kcal
Large with butter and corn

Miso Ramen variants, ranked by calories

VariantCaloriesNotes
Miso ramen, no butter585 kcalStandard bowl minus the pat
Standard miso ramen621 kcalcalorie.slism.jp figure
Spicy miso with ground pork700 kcalExtra chili oil and meat
Miso butter corn735 kcalSapporo classic with 10g butter
Miso chashu-men800 kcalExtra 4 slices of pork

How to eat it lighter

Common questions

Why is miso ramen higher in calories than shoyu?
Three reasons: the broth is made with lard (about 130 calories versus 40), the noodles are thicker and the portion larger (340 versus 300), and the topping is wok-fried in oil. Together that is a 200 calorie gap.
How many calories are in miso butter corn ramen?
About 735 calories. The butter is 75 and the corn about 40 on top of the 621 base bowl.
Is miso ramen healthier because of the miso?
Miso adds a bit of protein and some fermented soy, but the bowl is still 621 calories with 22g of fat and around 6g of salt. Treat it as a full meal, not a health food.
How much protein is in a bowl of miso ramen?
About 26g, from the noodles, the ground pork and the chashu. Adding an egg brings it to around 32g.

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Calorie and macro figures are estimates for a typical restaurant, ramen shop or konbini serving. Actual numbers vary by stall, recipe and portion size. Use them as a guide, not gospel.

Calorie figure based on calorie.slism.jp 味噌ラーメン 1杯 838.9g 621 kcal. Macros estimated from the ingredients.

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