What is Instant noodles?
[[File:Rameyon.jpg|thumb|South Korean Instant noodles]] '''Instant noodles''' are a product used in cooking - a type of pre-cooked [[noodle]]. These [[noodle]]s are cooked at the factory and packaged as dried noodles, often with a special [[powder]] that adds [[flavor]] to the noodles. The dish is prepared very quickly (usually five minutes or less), simply by putting the noodles together in hot water and then adding the powder. A kind of noodle [[soup]] is then ready to eat. Unlike most foods, they can be safely stored for a long time. Instant noodles are very popular in [[Asia]], and among many [[student]]s and poorer people, because they are very cheap to produce and to buy. In the United States, a package of instant noodles sometimes costs only ten cents. They are the main [[currency]] of the [[informal economy]] in [[:Category:Prisons in the United States|US prisons]]. In 2022, according to the [[World Instant Noodles Association]] 121 billion servings were sold. If they were laid out in a line it would be 6.2 billion kilometres long.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lewis|first=Leo|date=2024-03-14|title=Oodles of noodles: how a global favourite became an economic red flag|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/fa3d201e-0e0b-461b-a623-c75c7312becd|access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref> Instant noodles are a [[Processed food|highly processed food]]. They are high in [[carbohydrate]]s and [[Food additive|food additives]], but low on essential elements such as [[Fibre|fiber]], [[Vitamin|vitamins]] and [[Mineral|minerals]]. <ref> [https://consumer.org.my/stay-away-from-instant-noodles-to-keep-healthy/ ''Stay Away from Instant Noodles to KeepHealthy''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226150702/https://consumer.org.my/stay-away-from-instant-noodles-to-keep-healthy/ |date=26 December 2018 }}</ref> There are many companies who manufacture Instant Noodles, some of them being: * Maggi ([[Nestlé|Nestle]]) * [[Toyo Suisan]] * [[Nissin Foods]] * [[Top Ramen]] * [[Chings]] * [[Tasty Treat]] * [[Nongsh