Maruchan Instant Lunch
Also known as: Instant Lunch
Maruchan Instant Lunch is Maruchan's US line of instant noodles in single-serve cups: you just add hot water, and the line has 13 flavours.
Maruchan Instant Lunch is a line of single-serve ramen cups. The maker's site presents it as noodles to eat on the go, needing only hot water.
The line has 13 flavours: five chicken (regular, lime chili, roast, hot and spicy, Flamin' Hot), two beef, cheddar, and five shrimp variants including lime and chili ones. Maruchan reached the US market in 1977.
Per the lime chili chicken cup listed on Open Food Facts, the noodles are wheat-based: enriched wheat flour and vegetable oils, with dehydrated vegetables in the mix. A 100 g portion has about 438 kcal and 4.6 g of salt.
Facts
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| House range | 13 cup flavours: chicken, beef, cheddar, shrimp |
| Raw material | enriched wheat flour, vegetable oils, dehydrated vegetables (lime chili chicken) |
| Nutrition | about 438 kcal and 4.6 g salt per 100 g (lime chili chicken) |
What it includes
How it connects to Noodles
Maruchan Instant Lunch → made from → Wheat noodles → kind of → 🍜 Noodles
Links
- Made from
- Wheat noodles
- Part of
- Maruchan
- Similar and different
- Cup Noodles, Nissin Foods
Frequently asked questions
How many flavours does Maruchan Instant Lunch have?
13: chicken, beef, cheddar and several shrimp variants.
How do you prepare Maruchan Instant Lunch?
The maker says to add hot water.
What to read next
- Cup Noodles — Cup Noodles is Nissin's range of instant noodles in a cup, the first of its kind in the world: sales began on 18 September 1971 in Tokyo.
- Wheat noodles — Wheat noodles are made from wheat flour, water and salt: with the alkaline water kansui they turn yellow and springy, like ramen, and without it they stay white and soft, like udon and somen.
- Nissin Foods — Nissin Foods is a Japanese company founded by Momofuku Ando that released Chicken Ramen, the world's first instant noodles, in 1958 and Cup Noodles in 1971.
Similar
Maruchan Ramen · Maruchan Yakisoba · Top Ramen · Chicken Ramen · Demae Iccho · Nissin Yakisoba U.F.O.
Sources
- Maruchan: Instant Lunch (product line)
- Maruchan: About (timeline)
- Open Food Facts: Lime Chili Chicken Flavor Ramen Noodle Soup (0041789001116)