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Egg noodles: what's actually in them?

A dried egg noodle is wheat flour, egg, salt and water — plus, in the Singapore brands, the alkaline salts that give the noodle its spring and yellow colour. The local twist is tartrazine: Sam Lock lists Tartrazine E102 (Lemon Yellow) outright, and its egg content is listed ambiguously as "Egg/Soy Protein". Only two products could be panelled in this pass; the rest of the shelf (Sun Brand, Knife, Golden Peacock, Dragonfly, Farmer Brand) has no retrieved list.

This page does not give a health score or a "best" pick. It shows the ingredient list as printed, with the country of manufacture as printed, and flags added sugar and allergens.

The headline, in 30 seconds

Sam Lock is the only fully verified Singapore egg noodle. FairPrice ingredient section: wheat flour, starch, egg/soy protein, salt, sodium bicarbonate, lye water, tartrazine E102. Origin Singapore.
Tartrazine (E102) is declared on the local pack. Sam Lock lists it as "Tartrazine E102 Lemon Yellow" — a synthetic yellow colour. Blue Dragon (UK brand site) instead uses paprika and turmeric for colour.
"Egg/Soy Protein" is ambiguous. Sam Lock's list does not say how much is egg and how much is soy protein. The pack must settle it; this page does not guess.
Blue Dragon is a secondary, non-SG list. Its medium egg noodle nests list 5% free-range whole egg, with paprika and turmeric. The list is from the UK brand site — the SG pack must be verified before publish.

At a glance

Product	Pack size (as printed)	First ingredient	Country of manufacture (as printed)	Notes
Sam Lock Egg Noodles	180 g	Wheat flour	Singapore (FairPrice “country/place of origin”)	Tartrazine E102 listed
Blue Dragon Medium Egg Noodle Nests	300 g (6 nests)	Wheat flour	Thailand / China — conflict (retailer listings disagree)	Egg 5%; UK brand-site list

Panelled with verbatim lists: 2 products. Prices are deliberately not shown here: they change weekly and would go stale.

Dried egg noodles

Sam Lock Egg Noodles 180g

Pack size: 180 g · Made in: Singapore (FairPrice “country/place of origin”) (as printed)

Ingredients (FairPrice ingredient section + nutrition section): Wheat Flour, Starch, Egg/Soy Protein, Salt, Sodium Bicarbonate, Lye Water, Tartrazine E102 Lemon Yellow.

The alkaline salts (sodium bicarbonate, lye water) are what make this a springy "alkaline" noodle rather than a plain pasta. Tartrazine E102 is a synthetic yellow colour, declared on the pack. "Egg/Soy Protein" is ambiguous — egg and soy protein are listed as one combined item, so the egg share is not stated. Country/place of origin as printed on FairPrice: Singapore. Allergen: wheat (gluten), egg, soy (see note) Colour: Tartrazine E102 Country of manufacture: Singapore (as printed)

Blue Dragon Medium Egg Noodle Nests

Pack size: 300 g (6 nests) · Made in: Thailand / China — conflict (retailer listings disagree) (as printed)

Ingredients (Blue Dragon brand site (UK — secondary)): Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour with Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Water, Pasteurised Free Range Whole Egg (5%), Salt, Paprika, Turmeric, Firming Agents (Potassium Carbonate, Sodium Carbonate), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid).

Flag: this list is from the UK brand site, not a Singapore pack. Blue Dragon egg noodles are sold in Singapore, but the SG listing was not verified in this pass — verify the SG pack before publish. Colour here comes from paprika and turmeric, not tartrazine. May also contain peanuts and nuts (brand advice). Allergen: wheat (gluten), egg Egg 5% Country of manufacture: not stated

Seen but not verified — do not panel until checked

Sun Brand Dried Egg Noodles (High Quality) 200g (Halal) — FairPrice lists it; no ingredient section retrieved. Frequently recommended in Singapore cooking content; pack check needed.
Knife brand egg noodles; Golden Peacock egg noodles; Dragonfly egg noodles — known Singapore dried-noodle brands; no SG list retrieved for any in this pass.
Farmer Brand Ban Mee (Brown Rice); Farmer Brand noodles generally — FairPrice lists them; no ingredient section retrieved.
Kim's Noodles Sliced Noodle with Scallion Sauce 520g — FairPrice ingredient section retrieved (Noodle: wheat flour, water, salt; sauce: soy sauce, sugar, flavourings, scallion oil), but it is a sauced sliced noodle, not a plain dried egg noodle — filed here as seen, not panelled in this category.
Prima Taste La Mian Premium Instant Noodles (e.g. Chilli Crab) — instant sauced noodles with a wheat-flour lamian; different product type (instant meal), not panelled here.
Myojo Instant Noodles (Ramen Char Mee, Mee Poh Dry, Mee Goreng) — instant noodles; covered under instant noodles, not dried egg noodles.
Golden Pagoda (Golden Tower) whole-egg silver thread noodles — US-market pack photographed on social media (enriched flour, fresh eggs, water, salt, potassium carbonate, FD&C Yellow 5); not a verified SG listing.

Nutrition — what the numbers say

No per-100g nutrition panel was retrieved for either panelled egg noodle. Sam Lock prints nutrition per serving only (90g serving), quoted exactly as printed in the separate per-serving table below — never converted to per 100g.

Salt and sodium: salt = sodium × 2.5. The table shows sodium as printed (in mg) with the salt equivalent in brackets. Where a source printed salt only, the sodium figure is salt ÷ 2.5 and is flagged as computed.

Total vs added sugars: most Singapore packs list total sugars, not added sugars. A total-sugars figure is never labelled here as "added sugar". Where a source states an added-sugars figure separately, it is noted. The ingredient list remains the evidence for added sugar.

Click a column header to sort low-to-high, click again for high-to-low. Rows marked "not stated" always sort last — a dash is missing data, not zero. Open Food Facts is a community database and is flagged as secondary where used: the pack and the retailer nutrition section take precedence if they disagree. Figures marked "not stated" were not in the source retrieved; they are not estimated, borrowed from another variant, or copied across flavours. No Nutri-Grade applies to these foods as non-drinks, and none is quoted or assigned here.

Per-serving figures only (separate table — never sorted against per-100g figures)

These products print nutrition per serving only. The figures are quoted exactly as printed, with the serving size, and are flagged "per serving, not per 100g" — never converted by guessing.

Product	Basis	Energy	Protein	Total fat	Saturated fat	Carbohydrate	Sugars	Sodium (salt equiv.)
Sam Lock Egg Noodles	Per serving (90g), as sold	387 kcal	16.7 g	2.1 g	0.4 g	77.5 g	0 g	Salt 795 mg per serving (as printed — labelled "Salt", not sodium)

Seen but not verified (nutrition): Blue Dragon Medium Egg Noodle Nests; Sun Brand Dried Egg Noodles; Knife, Golden Peacock and Dragonfly egg noodles; Farmer Brand Ban Mee. No nutrition panel was retrieved for any of these.

How to read a label — the jargon, in plain English

Lye water / alkaline salts: An alkaline solution (and salts such as sodium bicarbonate, potassium carbonate) added to noodle dough. It gives egg noodles their yellow colour, springy bite and resistance to overcooking. "Lye water" on a Singapore pack is this, not a cleaning product.
Tartrazine (E102): A synthetic yellow food colour. Sam Lock declares it as "Tartrazine E102 Lemon Yellow". Some brands colour with turmeric/paprika instead (Blue Dragon).
Egg/soy protein: Sam Lock lists egg and soy protein as one combined item. The list does not separate them, so neither the egg share nor the soy share can be stated from the pack list alone.
Noodle nests: Dried egg noodles formed into individual portion-sized nests (Blue Dragon). A portion format, not a different recipe.

What this page is not

Not a health score, and not a "best" pick. This page does not rank products.
Not a taste test, and not a price comparison. Prices change weekly; ingredients change less often, but still change.
Not complete. The products in seen-but-not-verified are not yet panelled, for the verification reasons given, not hidden.

Sources and method

Checked 12 November 2026 from: FairPrice ingredient and nutrition sections (Sam Lock Egg Noodles — product page opened); FairPrice similar-products listings (Sun Brand, Farmer Brand); Blue Dragon brand site (Medium Egg Noodle Nests ingredients); Open Food Facts (Blue Dragon Fine Egg Noodles, corroborating list); social-media pack photo (Golden Pagoda egg noodle, US market). Cold Storage publishes no ingredient list on any product page.