Pot Noodle
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Pot Noodle is a brand of ramen-style instant noodle snack foods. Its dehydrated mixture consists of wide noodles, textured soya pieces, assorted dried vegetables and flavouring powder. Each pot is also packaged with a sachet of sauce, such as soy sauce. Pot Noodles are packaged in plastic cups, and come in a wide selection of flavours and varieties. They are prepared with boiling water, which loosens the noodles and dissolves the powdered sauce.
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[edit] History
The idea was originally developed by Momofuku Ando as Cup Noodle. In 1977, the Pot Noodle was developed by Golden Wonder in Japan, before being launched in the United Kingdom in 1979. The brand is now owned by Unilever.
The product is manufactured in Crumlin, Caerphilly, Wales,[1] which has become the topic of recent advertising campaigns, showing fictitious Pot Noodle mines in Wales. The factory typically produces 155 million pots annually. Despite its high sales volume, it was voted the most hated brand in the UK in 2004. [1]
[edit] Current UK flavours
- Beef & Tomato
- Sweet & Sour
- Original Curry
- Chicken & Mushroom
- Chinese Chow Mein
- Sweet & Spicy (formerly Nice & Spicy)
- Southern Fried Chicken
- Bombay Bad Boy
- Lamb Hotpot
- Chicken Satay
- Tikka Masala
[edit] Discontinued UK Flavours
- Cheese and Tomato
- Sausage and Tomato
- Hot chicken curry
- Mexican Fajita
- Sizzling Bacon
- Pizza was available for a limited time in mid 2000
- Turkey and Stuffing, a limited edition festive flavour released some time in the mid-nineties
- Sausage Roll
[edit] Variations
The Pot Noodle brand was also used to sell other similar snack foods, including:
- King size Pot Noodles, holding 30% more contents than an average pot
- Kids Pots, smaller versions designed for children
- Posh Noodle, with narrower noodles, designed to be more upper class
- Pot Rice
- Pot Curry, a variation of Pot Rice with Indian flavours
- Pot Mash
- Pot Casserole
- Pot Pasta
- Pot Sweet, dessert rather than savoury flavours
[edit] See also
- Cup noodles
- Super Noodles
- Momofuku Ando
- IndoMie Mi Goreng
- Koka noodles
- Maggi noodles
- Mr. Noodles
- Sapporo Ichiban
- Shin Cup
- Shin ramyun
- Wai-Wai (food)
