Maggi, Ramen, instant noodles, call it what you may, but they are a staple in many of our kitchens. A good, filling meal that can be made in just a few minutes, I’m pretty sure it was one of the first things any of us cooked, after boiling water.
Now, as popular as they are for being a cheap, quick, and comforting meal, it is also accepted that they are not the healthiest food option out there. As with anything ‘instant,’ numerous studies and reports have emerged regarding their unhealthy nature and the recommendation to limit consumption.
I believe we can all remember our mothers scaring us that Maggi will harden in our intestines and become a rock there.
While all those scare tactics might not be true, a viral video about some ramen packets carrying a cancer warning and a study about death from eating too much have once again raised concerns about this instant food.
What Was The Viral Video?
On June 12, 2025, an Instagram user named omggotworms posted a video that immediately caught attention. In it, the person flips over two ramen noodle packages to reveal a small printed caution: “Warning: Cancer and Reproductive Harm.”
The video’s caption read, “Wait… Ramen noodles come with this warning? Cancer + reproductive harm?? Read the labels carefully.”
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The video quickly went viral, with many people shocked at the seemingly scary warning and others calling out how this is to be expected with all junk food, talking about how unhealthy they are.
Netizens commented about how it is so important to read the labels these days and not just consume something blindly. Some users wrote, “It’s been there since day one. People barely read the nutritional facts. You expect them to read the small print?!” and that “It doesn’t even feel healthy when you eat it. Why eat those instead of spaghetti?”
“Nearly everything we eat can do damage if we eat it too much, every now and then shouldn’t be a problem. Iv had it a few times, maybe 6 times a yr. I would eat it more but it’s too spicy,” wrote a third.
Several clarified, though, that this was because of California’s Proposition 65. This law requires any product to mention a warning on the packaging if it contains certain chemicals, even trace amounts, that are listed as being dangerous or harmful to the human body.
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One user wrote, “Fun fact, my wrench came with that same warning. It’s because they don’t want to waste money in California to test their products for reproductive harm or cancer damage, so they just slap that label on.”
Others commented how “It’s been there since day one. People barely read the nutritional facts. You expect them to read the small print?!” and that “California puts that warning on literally everything.”
One user wrote about how this warning could be for the packaging and not just the food inside, saying, “A lot of times, the packaging itself is toxic. The heat-printed wrappers leach chemicals into your skin at levels above the minimum decided safe exposure amount.”
This is not the first time that this warning has been brought up on social media. Some two years ago, in September 2023, a Reddit user posted a similar question on r/ramen, asking, “Why is there a cancer warning in my ramen?”
To this, several clarified that it was quite common in California, United States, and wasn’t actually something to be scared of.
User Legeto wrote, “Everything gets that label pretty much because of California. You’ll notice it’s attach to ca.gov. Pretty much if it’s touching something that’s considered cancerous, like the plastic containing it, it has that label.”
User lostboysgang seconded it, writing, “I worked in a wood shop in California. Signs posted every where that wood dust is known to cause cancer. Hell pretty much anything you breath in has a cancer warning in CA.”
Also, user Palmetto_Rose commented, “I work in food safety. There’s no obligation for food companies to test a food for carcinogens in CA. If the food contains a substance on the Prop 65 list, it has to have a warning.”
Several people in the comments of the viral video also claimed that they did not have any such warning on their own packets.
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