KCN’s English catalogue entry currently says “SAMYANG BULDAK RAMEN BIG CUP 4 CHEESE FLAVORS 105g.” The Korean name attached to the same entry says 110g. The barcode is 8801073212596.
Samyang’s official Korean product page for that barcode-equivalent product, 큰컵 4가지치즈불닭볶음면, lists the net weight as 110g, not 105g. It also gives 445 kcal, six months of shelf life and a May 2021 launch. Korean retail data for barcode 8801073212596 likewise identifies the cup as 110g.
That means the KCN English product title needs a data-quality check before the blog or website page goes live.
For this article, the manufacturer specification takes precedence: 110g is the weight that should be treated as correct unless KCN can show that it is selling a separate 105g export variant under the same barcode. One barcode should not normally identify two different declared net weights in the same retail market without a clear packaging change.
KCN lists 16 cups per carton. At the manufacturer’s 110g net weight, the case contains 1.76 kg of declared food net weight. If someone used the incorrect 105g catalogue value, the calculated case food weight would be 1.68 kg. That 80g difference per carton is not a freight crisis, but it is enough to show why specification errors should be fixed at source instead of repeated across blogs, invoices and retailer listings.
The four cheeses are part of the actual product story
Samyang’s official Korean page names the four cheeses: mozzarella, cheddar, Camembert and Gouda. The point of the SKU is therefore more specific than “cheesy Buldak.”
The product launched in May 2021, several years after Carbonara Big Cup. A retailer carrying both has two creamy or cheese-led Buldak options, but they are not the same proposition. Carbonara sits around a creamy pasta-style profile; 4 Cheese is explicitly built around a four-cheese blend.
That difference is useful when deciding range depth. It also means the ingredient and allergen file cannot be copied from Carbonara. The exact 4 Cheese formulation should be reviewed for milk and any other declared allergens, and the destination label needs to follow the export specification.
The package is a paper-and-polyethylene cup system
Samyang classifies the product as a fried noodle. The official product page gives the same cup construction pattern as Carbonara: polyethylene on the cup’s inner surface with paper on the outside, and a polyethylene inner layer on the lid.
That detail matters more in 2026 than it did a decade ago. Many destinations now ask importers for packaging composition, recycling declarations or producer-responsibility information. A buyer who has the packaging materials documented early is in a better position than one trying to reconstruct them after stock has arrived.
Product-data hygiene is part of export readiness
This blog should not be published under “105g” simply because that is what one spreadsheet column says. The barcode, Korean product name and manufacturer page point to 110g.
Before the KCN page goes live, the catalogue should be corrected or the existence of a genuine 105g export pack should be documented.
That is exactly the sort of detail a serious importer notices. Getting it right is stronger evidence of sourcing competence than several paragraphs claiming KCN is a “trusted global partner.”
Assuming KCN confirms the manufacturer-standard 110g product, the commercial reference should read: Samyang Buldak 4 Cheese Big Cup 110g, barcode 8801073212596, 16 cups per carton.
