Miso soup contains several beneficial vitamins, minerals, and components that may improve your gut and heart health and may lower your risk of cancer. If you are on a low-salt diet, read the label on packaged miso soup to choose one that's low in sodium.

Ramen noodles are not inherently healthy or unhealthy, but they provide limited nutritional value on their own. They contain carbohydrates, fats, protein and some micronutrients like B vitamins and iron.

Salt ramen broths are believed to be the most traditional of the four ramen stocks. It is a light, clear broth (generally a pale yellow or brown in colour) made by boiling chicken bones, pork bones, vegetables, fish, and/or seaweed in water until the flavours diffuse, and then seasoning with plenty of salt.

Simply put, ramen is a Japanese noodle soup, with a combination of a rich flavoured broth, one of a variety of types of noodle and a selection of meats or vegetables, often topped with a boiled egg.