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Rice vermicelli and bee hoon: what's actually in them?

Plain bee hoon is one of the simplest products on this site: rice plus a starch or two, no salt, no sugar, no oil. The differences are in the starch blend — FairPrice uses rice, corn starch and sago starch; Tai Sun uses rice, sago flour and corn starch — and in the flavoured variants, where Green Earth adds a whole second ingredient (quinoa, pumpkin, buckwheat, tomato, chlorella) to the rice base. Instant bee hoon (Myojo) is a different product again: the noodles are 97% rice, but the seasoning powder and paste add salt, sugar, flavour enhancers, palm oil and shrimp.

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

Plain bee hoon is 2–3 ingredients. FairPrice: rice, corn starch, sago starch. Tai Sun: rice, sago flour, corn starch. No salt, no sugar, no oil in either.
Green Earth is the flavoured-bee-hoon range. Brown rice, quinoa, pumpkin, buckwheat, millet, tomato, red rice, chlorella and 10-grain variants are all listed at FairPrice — none with a retrieved ingredient list yet, so all sit in seen-but-not-verified.
Instant bee hoon is a seasoned product, not plain noodles. Myojo Bee Hoon Thai Tom Yam: rice vermicelli (rice 97%) plus a seasoning powder (salt, sugar, flavour enhancers 621/635, chilli) and a seasoning paste (palm oil, shrimp, salt) — sodium 3,270 mg per 100g, against 3 mg for plain FairPrice bee hoon.
Wai Wai's list is not a Singapore list. The Open Food Facts entry gives a French list (rice 90%, water 10%) for a product sold in other markets — panelled as secondary and flagged, not presented as the SG pack.

At a glance

Product	Pack size (as printed)	First ingredient	Country of manufacture (as printed)	Notes
FairPrice Rice Vermicelli (Bee Hoon)	400 g	Rice	Singapore (FairPrice “country/place of origin”)	Rice, corn starch, sago starch
Tai Sun Rice Vermicelli	400 g	Rice	Singapore (FairPrice “country/place of origin”)	Rice, sago flour, corn starch
Myojo Bee Hoon — Thai Tom Yam	5 × 60 g (300 g)	Rice (97%)	Thailand (pack photo, secondary)	Instant, seasoned; sodium 3,270 mg per 100g
Wai Wai Rice Vermicelli (Bihoon)	500 g	Rice (90%)	not stated	OFF secondary; French list, not SG pack

Panelled with verbatim lists: 4 products. Prices are deliberately not shown here: they change weekly and would go stale.

Plain dried bee hoon

FairPrice Rice Vermicelli (Bee Hoon) 400g

Pack size: 400 g · Made in: Singapore (FairPrice “country/place of origin”) (as printed)

Ingredients (FairPrice ingredient section + nutrition section): Rice, Corn Starch and Sago Starch.

Three ingredients, no salt, no sugar, no oil. Country/place of origin as printed on FairPrice: Singapore. Gluten-free (rice-based) No added sugar Country of manufacture: Singapore (as printed)

Tai Sun Rice Vermicelli 400g

Pack size: 400 g · Made in: Singapore (FairPrice “country/place of origin”) (as printed)

Ingredients (FairPrice ingredient section): Rice, Sago Flour, Corn Starch.

Same three-ingredient idea as FairPrice house brand, with sago flour named before corn starch (order may reflect proportions, or may just be listing style — the two lists are not merged). Country/place of origin as printed on FairPrice: Singapore. Gluten-free (rice-based) No added sugar Country of manufacture: Singapore (as printed)

Instant (seasoned) bee hoon

Myojo Bee Hoon — Thai Tom Yam

Pack size: 5 × 60 g (300 g) · Made in: Thailand (pack photo, secondary) (as printed)

Ingredients (Nissin Foods Singapore brand site (ingredients + nutrition)): Rice Vermicelli: Rice (97%). Seasoning Powder: Salt, sugar, flavour enhancers (621, 635), chilli, acidity regulator (330), stabiliser (1400), spring onion, flavouring powder (lemon flavour [soya], lemongrass, anticaking agent [551]). Seasoning Paste: Palm oil (contains antioxidant [307b] and soya), spices (lemongrass, chilli, kaffir lime, garlic), shrimp, salt.

The noodle itself is 97% rice, but this is a seasoned instant product: the powder and paste add salt, sugar, two flavour enhancers, palm oil and shrimp. Contains crustacean and soya. Country of manufacture: Thailand, from a pack photo of the SG-sold pack (secondary — Instagram pack photo, not a retrieved brand statement). Added sugar: sugar (seasoning powder) Allergen: crustacean (shrimp), soya Country of manufacture: Thailand (pack photo)

Secondary listing (not a Singapore pack)

Wai Wai Rice Vermicelli (Bihoon) 500g

Pack size: 500 g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts (secondary)): Rice 90%, Water 10% (French list as given on Open Food Facts: "Reis (90%), Wasser (10%)").

Flag: this Open Food Facts entry is not a Singapore listing and its ingredient list is in French/German wording. It is included because Wai Wai bee hoon is sold in Singapore, and the two-ingredient pattern is consistent with plain bee hoon — but it is not presented as a verified Singapore pack list. Check the SG pack before relying on it. Country of manufacture: not stated

Seen but not verified — do not panel until checked

Green Earth Brown Rice Bee Hoon; Green Earth Quinoa Bee Hoon; Green Earth Pumpkin Bee Hoon; Green Earth Organic Black Rice Bee Hoon; Green Earth Buckwheat Bee Hoon; Green Earth Millet Bee Hoon; Green Earth Tomato Bee Hoon; Green Earth Red Rice Bee Hoon; Green Earth Red Rice Beetroot Bee Hoon; Green Earth 10 Grain Bee Hoon; Green Earth Burdock Bee Hoon; Green Earth Chlorella Bee Hoon — all listed at FairPrice; no ingredient or nutrition section retrieved for any. The flavoured variants are the biggest gap on this page.
Chilli Brand Rice Vermicelli; Chilli Brand Red Rice Vermicelli — FairPrice lists both; no ingredient section retrieved.
AAA Rice Vermicelli; AAA Brown Rice Vermicelli — FairPrice lists both; no ingredient section retrieved.
Golden Lion Brand Rice Vermicelli; Golden Lion Brand — Thai Rice Vermicelli — FairPrice lists both; no ingredient section retrieved.
A1 Instant Rice Vermicelli — FairPrice lists it; no ingredient section retrieved.
Myojo Instant Bee Hoon — Chicken; Myojo Instant Bee Hoon — Soto — FairPrice lists both (Tom Yam panelled from the Nissin SG brand site); no list retrieved for Chicken or Soto.
Simply Natural — Brown Rice Vermicelli — FairPrice lists it; no ingredient section retrieved.
FairPrice Rice Vermicelli — Red Cargo — FairPrice lists it; no ingredient section retrieved.

Nutrition — what the numbers say

All figures are per 100g, as sold (dried, uncooked). Plain bee hoon is almost entirely carbohydrate with negligible fat and sodium; the instant seasoned variant is a different nutritional product.

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.

Product	Basis	Energy	Protein	Total fat	Saturated fat	Carbohydrate	Sugars	Sodium (salt equiv.)
FairPrice Rice Vermicelli (Bee Hoon)	Per 100g, as sold	361 kcal	5.2 g	0.1 g	0 g	84.7 g	not stated	3 mg (salt 0.01 g)
Myojo Bee Hoon — Thai Tom Yam	Per 100g, as sold	380 kcal (1,610 kJ)	7.0 g	6.2 g	2.9 g	74.8 g	5.6 g	3,270 mg (salt 8.18 g)
Wai Wai Rice Vermicelli (Bihoon)	Per 100g, as sold	365 kcal (1,577 kJ)	7.5 g	0.9 g	0.4 g	84 g	0 g	12 mg (salt 0.03 g) — sodium computed from printed salt

Observed numbers, no verdict: Plain FairPrice bee hoon lists 3 mg sodium per 100g (salt 0.01 g); Myojo Tom Yam lists 3,270 mg sodium per 100g (salt 8.18 g) — over a thousand times more, because the seasoning powder and paste carry the salt. Sugars are 5.6 g per 100g in the Myojo (total sugars as printed) and 0 g in the Wai Wai secondary listing; no sugars figure was retrieved for FairPrice or Tai Sun bee hoon.

Seen but not verified (nutrition): Tai Sun Rice Vermicelli; all twelve Green Earth variants; Chilli Brand Rice Vermicelli and Red Rice Vermicelli; AAA Rice Vermicelli and Brown Rice Vermicelli; Golden Lion Brand Rice Vermicelli and Thai Rice Vermicelli; A1 Instant Rice Vermicelli; Myojo Instant Bee Hoon — Chicken and Soto; Simply Natural Brown Rice Vermicelli; FairPrice Rice Vermicelli — Red Cargo. No nutrition panel was retrieved for any of these.

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

Bee hoon / rice vermicelli: Thin dried noodles made from rice (plus a starch binder such as corn, sago or tapioca starch). Naturally gluten-free. "Bee hoon" is the Hokkien name; "rice vermicelli" is the English pack name for the same product.
Sago starch / sago flour: Starch from the sago palm, used as a binder in bee hoon. FairPrice lists "sago starch", Tai Sun lists "sago flour" — the same ingredient in different wording.
Flavour enhancers 621 / 635: Monosodium glutamate (621) and disodium 5'-ribonucleotides (635), used in the Myojo seasoning powder. They are not salt, but they sit alongside a large amount of salt in the same powder.
Instant bee hoon vs plain bee hoon: Plain bee hoon is just noodles. Instant bee hoon adds seasoning powder and paste sachets — salt, sugar, oil and flavourings — so its sodium and sugars are far higher. Compare the Myojo row against the FairPrice row, not against other plain bee hoon.

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 (FairPrice Rice Vermicelli, Tai Sun Rice Vermicelli); FairPrice similar-products listings (Green Earth range, Chilli Brand, AAA, Golden Lion, A1, Myojo, Simply Natural); Nissin Foods Singapore brand site (Myojo Bee Hoon Thai Tom Yam ingredients and per-100g nutrition); Open Food Facts (Wai Wai Rice Vermicelli); Instagram pack photo (Myojo Bee Hoon Chicken Flavour — "Manufactured for Nissin Foods Singapore Pte. Ltd., Made in Thailand"). Cold Storage publishes no ingredient list on any product page.