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Reply 1
probably not very.
but who cares, food is food students arent supposed to be healthy!
I had Tesco 8p noodles yesterday. They were'nt that nice, but helped my hangover a bit.
Reply 3
Read the nutritional information
The nutritional info on the Tesco ones is rubbish, because it has the calories when it's made up, which includes water, and how much it weighs depends on how much water is in it, and that doesn't affect the calories and arghhh... it's too hard, so I threw it in the bin and ran away.
i actually find the tesco value 8p noodles very tasty- especially the chicken flavour :redface:

Ruthie xx
I've read the nutritional information but that doesn't say much really.... it's unhelpful because on the one side it's 100g of noodles alone, and on the other side it's per pack which includes water and it doesn't make sense! :mad:

But I don't care about the stats anyway I was just wondering how healthy they are overall... i.e. in comparison to a packet of crisps or something.
ASDA noodles own tesco noodles.
Reply 8
mmm noddles.
Reply 9
Onearmedbandit
I've read the nutritional information but that doesn't say much really.... it's unhelpful because on the one side it's 100g of noodles alone, and on the other side it's per pack which includes water and it doesn't make sense! :mad:

But I don't care about the stats anyway I was just wondering how healthy they are overall... i.e. in comparison to a packet of crisps or something.


Crisps will have a lot more saturated fat, noodles are just pasta which is healthy, it depends what is in the actual flavourings, some of them are just basicaly synthetic E numbers.
Reply 10
AT82
Crisps will have a lot more saturated fat, noodles are just pasta which is healthy, it depends what is in the actual flavourings, some of them are just basicaly synthetic E numbers.


Instant noodles are pretty unhealthy as most of them is made using alot of vegetable oil.
Noodles!
Reply 12
covered farm wagon
The nutritional info on the Tesco ones is rubbish, because it has the calories when it's made up, which includes water, and how much it weighs depends on how much water is in it, and that doesn't affect the calories and arghhh... it's too hard, so I threw it in the bin and ran away.

So how many calories do you think water has? :confused:
TheWolf
Instant noodles are pretty unhealthy as most of them is made using alot of vegetable oil.

What's the difference between instant and regular noodles?

How can one tell if there is a lot of vegetable oil in 'em? :smile:
Reply 14
wow only 8p thats 12 meals for 96 p :redface:
Reply 15
visesh
So how many calories do you think water has? :confused:

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visesh
So how many calories do you think water has? :confused:

None, that's my point. But water does have weight, and when you cook it some of it evaporates so you don't really know what the end weight is, which is what the nutritional values are for. So if you used lots of water and had a kind of noodle soup, it would weigh more than if you had no juice at all. But still have the same calories. And I don't measure out the water when I make them, so I don't know how much it would weigh anyway :frown:
covered farm wagon
I had Tesco 8p noodles yesterday. They were'nt that nice, but helped my hangover a bit.

i bought a load of them at weekend. haven't tasted them yet. i find cheap noodles are handy when u come in pissed - you just pop one in some boiling water, and have v cheap drunken food. beats spending 4 quid ona takeaway pizza (which u only half eat before passing out)
Reply 18
Onearmedbandit
What's the difference between instant and regular noodles?

How can one tell if there is a lot of vegetable oil in 'em? :smile:


I can usually see how much oil it has got by cooking it. If you cook noodles in a pan or something, you can see how much oil there is left behind after the noodles cooked. Hence, I put the oily water down the drain. If it shows on the packet the nutrition values, calories/fat(mg) would give you a good idea of how healthy it is. The salt in the soup is pretty unhealthy as well, but it's alright as long as you don't drink it!
TheWolf
I can usually see how much oil it has got by cooking it. If you cook noodles in a pan or something, you can see how much oil there is left behind after the noodles cooked. Hence, I put the oily water down the drain. If it shows on the packet the nutrition values, calories/fat(mg) would give you a good idea of how healthy it is. The salt in the soup is pretty unhealthy as well, but it's alright as long as you don't drink it!

I boil it in a pan and do it al dente, and always leave it until there's no water left...