Naked Noodles

I picked up 2 packs of Hoisin Duck flavoured Naked Noodles in Tesco when they were on offer.

On first impression Naked Noodles seem to be a premium noodle brand with less additives than their popular "junk food" competitors.

"peel back the lid" what lid?

On opening the pack however I was disappointed to find a paper cup a plastic bag of noodles and a sachet of flavouring. Far from ready to just add water as it said on the side of the box. There was no lid to peel back as stated.


So first I had to take the cup out of the box add the noodles, open the flavouring sachet and unwrap the fork - lots of needless non-recyclable packaging.

You are then asked to add 200mls of boiling water or 3.5cm from the top - no fill line provided. I did the "guess what 3.5cm from the top is" method rather than digging out a jug.

The result: Quite watery noodles - there was so much liquid that I found it hard to fish out the noodles before tipping the remainder down the sink. On the website the noodles appear to have been re-branded "Ramen noodle soup" I'm not sure if this was missed off the original packaging or was added due to the overly soupy style of the product.

They had a nice flavour, quite strong and obviously hoisin sauce but really were nothing special.

The product certainly did not live up to the impression (or the instructions) on the box as an easy but healthy noodle snack.