Pot Noodle

Pot Noodle is a brand of instant noodle snack foods, available in a selection of flavours and varieties.

This dehydrated food consists of wide noodles, assorted dried vegetables and flavouring powder. It is prepared by adding boiling water, which softens the noodles and dissolves the powdered sauce. The product is packaged in a sturdy plastic pot, from which the prepared noodles can be eaten. Each pot also regularly contains a sachet of sauce, such as soy sauce.

History

Instant noodles were originally developed in 1958 by Momofuku Ando as Cup Noodle. Golden Wonder launched the Pot Noodle brand in the United Kingdom in 1977.Unilever then acquired the Golden Wonder in 1995 and later sold it to Tayto in 2006, but retained the Pot Noodle brand. Golden Wonder has since established another line of pot noodles called The Nation's Noodle in direct competition with their former brand. A "GTi" variant, prepared in a microwave instead of adding boiling water, was introduced in the late 2000s and was the first Pot Noodle to contain real meat.