Nutri-Noodle

Nutri-Noodle (Japanese: Kenkō kōbo nūdoru) is a very popular brand of instant noodles. It consists of Japanese style yeast noodles typically served in an artificially flavored meat or fish broth. It is a product of The Corporation but can be found throughout the Colony Sphere. Nutri-Noodle refers to the noodles alone, but it is so ubiquitously packaged in with flavorings that it has become a catch-all term for the whole product (more properly called a Nutri-Lunch System). On Ousho, it is commonly eaten unflavored with a heavy grating of Saccha over it.

Types


Nutri-Noodle comes in a variety of packaging forms. It is most commonly purchased in a double serving bag, containing a block of dried noodles and a flavoring package. It takes about one and a half minutes to cook in a standard microwave. It can also be purchased in single serving to-go cup form which contains the noodles, flavoring and a few faux (synthesized vitamin and substrate based) vegetable bits. Another packaging type is a plastic bowl, containing the same single serving of the cup but enhanced with more (typically faux) vegetables and protein forms. Deluxe versions come with real imported vegetables. These latter two kinds can be purchased in the usual shopping venues but are the most common vending machine varieties.



The brand also manufactures large blocks of yeast noodle for sale to noodle bars and restaurants. These are sold without any additional flavoring packages. A smaller packaging of flavor-less yeast noodles can be purchased for use in larger home cooking projects.

Flavors
All flavors of Nutri-Lunch Systems (except mushroom) are artificial. Each variety has a range of flavors, though a few are exclusive to certain packaging forms. Varities including mushrooms all contain real mushrooms. The unaltered noodles themselves have a faint, slightly wheat-like flavor to them.
 * Beef
 * Beef and Mushroom
 * Pork
 * Chicken
 * Roast Chicken
 * Spicy Chicken
 * Creamy Chicken
 * Crab
 * Shrimp
 * Lime Shrimp
 * Lime Chili Shrimp
 * Curry
 * Mushroom
 * Miso
 * Kimchi
 * Tomato

Recipes
Coming soon!

Health Concerns
A typical serving of Nutri-Noodles is high in carbohydrates but low in fiber, vitamins and minerals. Noodles are typically fried as part of the manufacturing process, resulting in high levels of saturated fat and/or trans fat. Additionally, if served in an instant broth, instant noodles typically contain high amounts of sodium. The bowl-packaged varieties, with their abundance of vitamin-pressed faux vegetables remedies this, but the standard and most often consumed varieties lack significant quantities of them.