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Pot Noodle
	Chicken and mushroom flavour Pot Noodle made up according to instructions
Product type	Instant noodles
Owner	Unilever
Produced by	Croespenmaen, near Crumlin, Caerphilly, Wales
Country	United Kingdom
Introduced	1977; 47 years ago
Previous owners	Golden Wonder

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Pot Noodle is a brand of instant noodle snack foods from the United Kingdom, available in a selection of flavours and varieties. This dehydrated food consists of noodles, assorted dried vegetables and flavouring powder. It is prepared by adding boiling water, which rapidly softens the noodles and dissolves the powdered sauce.

The product is packaged in a plastic pot, from which the prepared noodles can be eaten. Many pots contain a sachet of sauce, such as soy sauce.

Certain flavours of Pot Noodle have "King" variants, which are large versions of the same flavour.

History

Instant noodles were originally invented in 1958 by Momofuku Ando, and Cup Noodles developed by his company Nissin Food Products in 1971.

Golden Wonder launched the Pot Noodle brand in the United Kingdom in 1977.^[1] In July 1995, Best Foods, which produces Hellmanns mayonnaise, paid then owner Dalgety plc $280 million for its Golden Wonder Pot Noodle instant hot snacks manufacturing business.^[2]

Bestfoods, known as CPC international before 1997, was itself acquired by Unilever in June 2000.^[3] Unilever kept the Pot Noodle brand and its sole production factory, after it sold the rest of the Golden Wonder business in January 2006 to Tayto. In the same year, Unilever relaunched the brand, introduced three new varieties and reduced salt levels by 50 per cent.^[4] Golden Wonder later established another line of pot noodles called The Nation's Noodle (renamed Noodle Pot in 2016) in direct competition with their former brand.^[5]

Production

Pot Noodles are manufactured in Croespenmaen, near Crumlin, Caerphilly, Wales, which became the topic of an advertising campaign of 2006, showing fictitious Pot Noodle mines in Wales.^[6] The factory typically produces 175 million pots annually.^[6]

Around 2006, Pot Noodle's recipe was changed to make the product healthier. This mostly involved cutting down on the amount of salt in the product. A "GTi" variant, prepared in a microwave instead of adding boiling water, was introduced at the end of the 2000s and was the first Pot Noodle to contain real meat. In 2007, 2014, and 2023, the brand changed their logo.

Pot Noodle has often given promotional gifts away, including a 'horn' and a 'spinning fork.' During the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Unilever sponsored a musical directed by David Sant, and created by advertising agency Mother, set in a Pot Noodle factory.^[7]

Flavours

Currently produced flavours

As of 18 August 2024, flavours of Pot Noodle currently produced are:

King Bombay Bad Boy
King Chow Mein
King Chicken And Mushroom
King Beef & Tomato
King Original Curry
King Sticky Rib
Korma
Doner Kebab
Sweet & Sour
Original Curry
Chow Mein
Beef & Tomato
Chicken & Mushroom
Sticky Rib
Bombay Bad Boy
Piri Piri Chicken
Chicken Fajita
Christmas Dinner
Lost The Pot Noodle: Cheese & Tomato
Lost The Pot Noodle: Vegetable
Lost The Pot Noodle: Noodle Curry
Lost The Pot Noodle: Roast Chicken
Lost The Pot Noodle: Sweet Chilli
Lost The Pot Noodle: Champion Chicken
Lost The Pot Noodle: Smokin' BBQ
Lost The Pot Noodle: Chip Shop Curry
King Pot Pasta: Creamy Carbonara
King Pot Pasta: Bolognese
Pot Pasta: Tomatoey Mozarella
Pot Pasta: Bolognese
Pot Pasta: Creamy Carbonara
Pot Noodle Fusions: Chilli Chicken
Pot Noodle Fusions: Thai Green Curry
Pot Noodle Fusions: Katsu Curry
Pot Noodle Fusions: Malaysian Curry

Controversies

The Pot Noodle brand has been involved in a number of controversial advertising campaigns.

In January 2002, Irish politician Michael Ring TD, branded a Pot Noodle animated television advertisement as glorifying child neglect and demanded it be banned. The advertisement featured a young boy whose tongue was stuck to a frozen climbing frame. A supervisor went to get a sponge and boil a kettle of water to help free the child's tongue but was distracted and instead used the hot water to make a Pot Noodle. Ring said "the manufacturers have a responsibility to the public not to encourage youngsters to lick frozen pipes or suggest that adults should neglect a suffering child".^[8]

In August 2002, a series of television adverts that described Pot Noodle as "the slag of all snacks" was withdrawn after complaints to the Independent Television Commission.^[9]^[10] The related poster campaign, revolving around the "Hot Noodle" range with a tagline of "hurt me, you slag" was withdrawn by Unilever after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld complaints that "the tone could be interpreted as condoning violence".^[11]

In May 2005, the Advertising Standards Authority received 620 complaints, about a series of advertisements featuring a man with a large brass horn in his trousers,^[12] with the suggestive slogan "Have you got the Pot Noodle horn?" Some of the complaints described them as "tasteless and offensive." The three advertisements had been already approved for restricted times, primarily after the 9:00pm watershed. The ASA did not uphold the complaints. While it accepted the campaign was "a little crude," they deemed it harmless and said that "the timing restriction was appropriate."^[13]

In a September 2006 article headed "Teach Pot Noodle teens to cook" in Dublin's Sunday Independent newspaper, Cavan chef Nevin Maguire on a recent school visit was shocked "to see 60 per cent of Leaving Cert students had Pot Noodle for their lunch". Maguire, along with other celebrity chefs called for compulsory cookery lessons in Ireland's schools for a "new generation that thinks 'food comes in a box'".^[14]

Related products

Golden Wonder introduced a similar convenience food "Pot Rice" at the beginning of the 1980s. Pot Rice was made from dehydrated rice, wheat protein, vegetables, and flavourings, sold in a plastic pot. Pot Rice was later manufactured by Unilever and Knorr when the Pot Noodle brand went through a series of acquisitions and takeovers in the 1990s.

Posh Noodle was a variation on the typical pot noodle, consisting of thinner, ramen like noodles and available in three Asian themed flavours, launched in 2003.^[15]

Pot Rice was discontinued at the beginning of the 2000s. Pot Rice flavours have included "Chicken Risotto", "Chicken Curry", "Beef & Tomato" and "Savoury Beef". Pot Rice received a limited relaunch in 2018. "Pot Mash" was a similar branded mashed potato snack, sold by the makers of Pot Noodle in the United Kingdom and Ireland at the end of the 1990s.

"Pot Casserole" consisting of dried vegetables and soya protein was introduced during the 1980s, but discontinued before the turn of the century. "Pot Pasta" and "Pot Spaghetti" combined dried pasta pieces with a sachet of Parmesan cheese, and was available for some time in the 1990s. However, in 2017, Pot Pasta was relaunched. "Pot Sweet" was a dessert range available in four varieties, introduced in the mid-1980s, and discontinued shortly afterwards.^[16]

In 2020, Lost the Pot Noodle, instant noodles in loose plastic packaging instead of a plastic pot, was launched in 3 flavours: curry, roast chicken and sweet chilli.^[17]

From August 2021, Pot Noodle launched another new range of pots, titled 'Pot Noodle Fusions'. This range hearkened back to earlier ranges like 'Posh Noodle' and 'Asian Street Style' with more exotic world food flavours including Chilli Chicken, Katsu Curry and the previously available Thai Green Curry flavours, as a partial rebrand and partial new launch.^[18]

References

^ Elkins, Ruth (2007-01-07). "Mr Pot Noodle dies, aged 96 | Asia | News". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2012-01-08. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
^ "Bestfoods -- Company History". fundinguniverse.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
^ Journal, Elizabeth Jensen Staff Reporter of The Wall Street (1997-10-17). "CPC International Changes Company's Name to Bestfoods". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
^ "Pots push health agenda: Pot Noodle and its competitors have made a concerted move away from the cheap and cheerful student image of old towards a healthier, more wholesome message". The Grocer. 230 (7819): 46. 25 August 2007 – via Gale General OneFile.
^ Kemp, Ed (2009-07-24). "Golden Wonder to take on Pot Noodle with 'The Nation's Noodle'". Marketing Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
^ ^a ^b "From Pot Noodle to pit for advert". BBC News. 2006-05-09. Archived from the original on 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
^ Swaine, Jon (2008-08-05). "Advertisers create Pot Noodle: The Musical". Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
^ "TD potty over 'child neglecting promoting' ad". Sunday World. 27 January 2002. p. 25. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
^ Jennifer Whitehead. "Pot Noodle banned from calling itself the "slag of all snacks"". Brand Republic. Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
^ "UK | Pot Noodle advert 'caused offence'". BBC News. 2002-08-19. Archived from the original on 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
^ "UK | 'Irresponsible' Pot Noodle ad withdrawn". BBC News. 2002-08-28. Archived from the original on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
^ Brook, Stephen; correspondent, advertising (2005-05-18). "Pot Noodle's 'horn' ad off the hook". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2016-01-14. {{cite news}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
^ "Broadcast Report". Advertising Standards Authority. 18 May 2005. Retrieved 3 March 2012.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Bradley, Lara (24 September 2006). "Teach Pot Noodle teens to cook". Sunday Independent. p. 8. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
^ "Our Story". potnoodle. Archived from the original on 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
^ Night Of The Trailers (2015-05-16), Golden Wonder Pot Sweet - 1985 TV Advert, retrieved 2016-09-30^{[dead YouTube link]}
^ "Lost the pot noodle | PotNoodle". Archived from the original on 2021-01-22.
^ "Pot Noodle launches 'adventurous' Asian-inspired Fusions range". Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2022-01-10.

External links

[1] Elkins, Ruth (2007-01-07). "Mr Pot Noodle dies, aged 96 | Asia | News". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2012-01-08. Retrieved 2015-12-11.

[2] "Bestfoods -- Company History". fundinguniverse.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2008.

[3] Journal, Elizabeth Jensen Staff Reporter of The Wall Street (1997-10-17). "CPC International Changes Company's Name to Bestfoods". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2016-09-07.

[4] "Pots push health agenda: Pot Noodle and its competitors have made a concerted move away from the cheap and cheerful student image of old towards a healthier, more wholesome message". The Grocer. 230 (7819): 46. 25 August 2007 – via Gale General OneFile.

[5] Kemp, Ed (2009-07-24). "Golden Wonder to take on Pot Noodle with 'The Nation's Noodle'". Marketing Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2015-12-11.

[:0-6] "From Pot Noodle to pit for advert". BBC News. 2006-05-09. Archived from the original on 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2015-12-11.

[7] Swaine, Jon (2008-08-05). "Advertisers create Pot Noodle: The Musical". Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-11.

[8] "TD potty over 'child neglecting promoting' ad". Sunday World. 27 January 2002. p. 25. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

[9] Jennifer Whitehead. "Pot Noodle banned from calling itself the "slag of all snacks"". Brand Republic. Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2015-12-11.

[10] "UK | Pot Noodle advert 'caused offence'". BBC News. 2002-08-19. Archived from the original on 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2015-12-11.

[11] "UK | 'Irresponsible' Pot Noodle ad withdrawn". BBC News. 2002-08-28. Archived from the original on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2015-12-11.

[12] Brook, Stephen; correspondent, advertising (2005-05-18). "Pot Noodle's 'horn' ad off the hook". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2016-01-14. {{cite news}}: |last2= has generic name (help)

[13] "Broadcast Report". Advertising Standards Authority. 18 May 2005. Retrieved 3 March 2012.^{[dead link‍]}

[14] Bradley, Lara (24 September 2006). "Teach Pot Noodle teens to cook". Sunday Independent. p. 8. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

[15] "Our Story". potnoodle. Archived from the original on 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2019-07-27.

[16] Night Of The Trailers (2015-05-16), Golden Wonder Pot Sweet - 1985 TV Advert, retrieved 2016-09-30^{[dead YouTube link]}

[17] "Lost the pot noodle | PotNoodle". Archived from the original on 2021-01-22.

[18] "Pot Noodle launches 'adventurous' Asian-inspired Fusions range". Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2022-01-10.

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-[[Image:Hotnoodle.jpg|200px|right|thumb|A "Hot Noodle" variety of the snack]]
+{{Infobox brand
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+| country        = [[United Kingdom]]
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+[[File:Pot Noodle before water added (King size Chicken & Mushroom).jpg|Chicken and mushroom flavour "King" (large) Pot Noodle before water and soy sauce sachet added.|thumb]]
+'''Pot Noodle''' is a [[brand]] of [[instant noodle]] [[snack food]]s from the [[United Kingdom]], available in a selection of flavours and varieties. This [[dehydrated food]] consists of noodles, assorted dried [[vegetables]] and [[flavouring]] powder. It is prepared by adding boiling water, which rapidly softens the noodles and dissolves the powdered sauce.
-'''Pot Noodle''' is a brand of [[ramen]]-style [[instant noodle]] snack foods, available in a wide selection of flavours and varieties. Its dehydrated mixture consists of wide noodles, textured soya pieces, assorted dried vegetables and flavouring powder. The product 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, and each pot also contains a sachet of sauce, such as [[soy sauce]].
+The product is packaged in a [[plastic]] pot, from which the prepared noodles can be eaten. Many pots contain a sachet of [[sauce]], such as [[soy sauce]].
+Certain flavours of Pot Noodle have "King" variants, which are large versions of the same flavour.
-== History ==
-The product was originally developed by Gabrielle Green as ''Cup Noodle''. In 1977, the ''Pot Noodle'' was developed by Hayley Newsam in Boro, before being launched in the London in 1979. The Golden Wonder brand was acquired by Kirsten Crane in 1995.
+==History==
-Soon after, Pot Noodle inspired the development other self-manufactured brands such as Daisy Marcuzzi's ''Italian Alternative Packeted Noodles'' which still remain popular in supermarket chains through the UK.
+Instant noodles were originally invented in 1958 by [[Momofuku Ando]], and ''[[Cup Noodle]]s'' developed by his company [[Nissin Food Products]] in 1971.
+[[Golden Wonder]] launched the Pot Noodle brand in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web |last=Elkins |first=Ruth |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mr-pot-noodle-dies-aged-96-431099.html |title=Mr Pot Noodle dies, aged 96 &#124; Asia &#124; News |work=The Independent |date=2007-01-07 |access-date=2015-12-11 |archive-date=2012-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108165221/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mr-pot-noodle-dies-aged-96-431099.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 1995, [[Best Foods]], which produces [[Hellmanns]] [[mayonnaise]], paid then owner [[Dalgety plc]] $280 million for its Golden Wonder Pot Noodle instant hot snacks manufacturing business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Bestfoods-Company-History.html|title=Bestfoods -- Company History|work=fundinguniverse.com|access-date=3 July 2008|archive-date=16 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316043217/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Bestfoods-Company-History.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
-Pot Noodles are manufactured in [[Crumlin, Caerphilly]], [[Wales]],<ref>{{cite news |title=From Pot Noodle to pit for advert |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4753813.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=2006-05-09 |accessdate=2008-05-05 }}</ref> which became the topic of a 2006 advertising campaign, showing fictitious Pot Noodle mines in Wales. The factory typically produces 155 million pots annually.
+Bestfoods, known as CPC international before 1997, was itself acquired by [[Unilever]] in June 2000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB877046902651289000|title=CPC International Changes Company's Name to Bestfoods|last=Journal|first=Elizabeth Jensen Staff Reporter of The Wall Street|date=1997-10-17|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|access-date=2016-09-07|archive-date=2018-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120105459/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB877046902651289000|url-status=live}}</ref> Unilever kept the Pot Noodle brand and its sole production factory, after it sold the rest of the Golden Wonder business in January 2006 to [[Tayto (Northern Ireland)|Tayto]]. In the same year, Unilever relaunched the brand, introduced three new varieties and reduced salt levels by 50 per cent.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=25 August 2007 |title=Pots push health agenda: Pot Noodle and its competitors have made a concerted move away from the cheap and cheerful student image of old towards a healthier, more wholesome message |journal=[[The Grocer]] |volume=230 |issue=7819 |page=46 |via=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]] General OneFile}}</ref> Golden Wonder later established another line of pot noodles called ''[[The Nation's Noodle]]'' (renamed ''Noodle Pot'' in 2016) in direct competition with their former brand.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kemp |first=Ed |url=http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/922848/Golden-Wonder-Pot-Noodle-The-Nations-Noodle/ |title=Golden Wonder to take on Pot Noodle with 'The Nation's Noodle' |publisher=Marketing Magazine |date=2009-07-24 |access-date=2015-12-11 |archive-date=2012-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314052134/http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/922848/Golden-Wonder-Pot-Noodle-The-Nations-Noodle/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-Despite the product's high sales volume, it was voted the "most hated brand" in the UK in a 2004 poll. <ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-319620/Pot-Noodle-UKs-hated-brand.html</ref>
+==Production==
-== Pot Noodle: The Musical ==
+[[File:Harvest festival offerings at St Andrews Church, Southgate 02.jpg|thumb|upright|Pot Noodle harvest festival offerings, [[St Andrew's Southgate]], London]]
+Pot Noodles are manufactured in [[Croespenmaen]], near [[Crumlin, Caerphilly]], [[Wales]], which became the topic of an advertising campaign of 2006, showing fictitious Pot Noodle mines in Wales.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4753813.stm|title=From Pot Noodle to pit for advert|date=2006-05-09|publisher=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2015-12-11|archive-date=2009-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501190141/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4753813.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The factory typically produces 175 million pots annually.<ref name=":0" />
+Around 2006, Pot Noodle's recipe was changed to make the product healthier. This mostly involved cutting down on the amount of salt in the product. A "GTi" variant, prepared in a [[microwave]] instead of adding boiling water, was introduced at the end of the 2000s and was the first Pot Noodle to contain real meat. In 2007, 2014, and 2023, the brand changed their logo.
-During the 2008 [[Edinburgh Fringe Festival]], [[Unilever]] sponsored a musical directed by David Sant, described as "a riotous hour's entertainment set in a Pot Noodle factory".<ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article4460830.ece A Times editorial about "Pot Noodle The Musical"]</ref>
+<!-- Citations are needed here! - amateur editor. -->
+Pot Noodle has often given promotional gifts away, including a 'horn' and a 'spinning fork.' During the 2008 [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]], Unilever sponsored a musical directed by [[David Sant]], and created by advertising agency [[Mother Advertising|Mother]], set in a Pot Noodle factory.<ref>{{cite web |last=Swaine |first=Jon |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2503389/Advertisers-create-Pot-Noodle-The-Musical.html |title=Advertisers create Pot Noodle: The Musical |publisher=Telegraph |date=2008-08-05 |access-date=2015-12-11 |archive-date=2015-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222192334/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2503389/Advertisers-create-Pot-Noodle-The-Musical.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
-== Current UK flavours ==
-* Beef & Tomato
+== Flavours ==
+=== Currently produced flavours ===
+As of 18 August 2024, flavours of Pot Noodle currently produced are:
+* King Bombay Bad Boy
+* King Chow Mein
+* King Chicken And Mushroom
+* King Beef & Tomato
+* King Original Curry
+* King Sticky Rib
+* Korma
+* Doner Kebab
 * Sweet & Sour
 * Original Curry
+* Chow Mein
+* Beef & Tomato
 * Chicken & Mushroom
+* Sticky Rib
-* Chinese Chow Mein
-* Sweet & Spicy (formerly Nice & Spicy)
-* Southern Fried Chicken
 * Bombay Bad Boy
+* Piri Piri Chicken
-* Lamb Hotpot
-* Chicken Satay
+* Chicken Fajita
+* Christmas Dinner<!-- Probably should be removed after Christmas, as it is only sold around that time. -->
-* Tikka Masala
+* Lost The Pot Noodle: Cheese & Tomato
-* Donner Kebab  [http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2337103.ece]
+* Lost The Pot Noodle: Vegetable
+* Lost The Pot Noodle: Noodle Curry
+* Lost The Pot Noodle: Roast Chicken
+* Lost The Pot Noodle: Sweet Chilli
+* Lost The Pot Noodle: Champion Chicken
+* Lost The Pot Noodle: Smokin' BBQ
+* Lost The Pot Noodle: Chip Shop Curry
+* King Pot Pasta: Creamy Carbonara
+* King Pot Pasta: Bolognese
+* Pot Pasta: Tomatoey Mozarella
+* Pot Pasta: Bolognese
+* Pot Pasta: Creamy Carbonara
+* Pot Noodle Fusions: Chilli Chicken
+* Pot Noodle Fusions: Thai Green Curry
+* Pot Noodle Fusions: Katsu Curry
+* Pot Noodle Fusions: Malaysian Curry
+==Controversies==
-== Discontinued UK Flavours ==
+The Pot Noodle brand has been involved in a number of controversial advertising campaigns.
-* Cheese and Tomato
-* Sausage and Tomato
-* Hot chicken curry
-* Mexican Fajita
-* Bacon Sizzler (Withdrawn due to health concerns regarding contents)
-* Pizza was available for a limited time in mid 2000
-* Turkey and Stuffing, a limited edition festive flavour released some time in the mid-nineties
-* Seedy Sanchez
-* Barbecue (BBQ)
+In January 2002, Irish politician [[Michael Ring]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]], branded a Pot Noodle animated television advertisement as glorifying child neglect and demanded it be banned. The advertisement featured a young boy whose tongue was stuck to a frozen climbing frame. A supervisor went to get a sponge and boil a kettle of water to help free the child's tongue but was distracted and instead used the hot water to make a Pot Noodle. Ring said "the manufacturers have a responsibility to the public not to encourage youngsters to lick frozen pipes or suggest that adults should neglect a suffering child".<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 January 2002 |title=TD potty over 'child neglecting promoting' ad |page=25 |work=[[Sunday World]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002323/20020127/083/0025 |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 March 2023 }}</ref>
-== Variations ==
-The Pot Noodle brand was also used to sell other similar snack foods, including:
+In August 2002, a series of television adverts that described Pot Noodle as "the slag of all snacks" was withdrawn after complaints to the [[Independent Television Commission]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Jennifer Whitehead |url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/155509/pot-noodle-banned-calling-itself-slag-snacks/ |title=Pot Noodle banned from calling itself the "slag of all snacks" |publisher=Brand Republic |access-date=2015-12-11 |archive-date=2011-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501020642/http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/155509/Pot-Noodle-banned-calling-itself-slag-snacks/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2202298.stm |title=UK &#124; Pot Noodle advert 'caused offence' |publisher=BBC News |date=2002-08-19 |access-date=2015-12-11 |archive-date=2017-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827124425/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2202298.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The related poster campaign, revolving around the "Hot Noodle" range with a tagline of "hurt me, you slag" was withdrawn by Unilever after the [[Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)|Advertising Standards Authority]] (ASA) upheld complaints that "the tone could be interpreted as condoning violence".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2220108.stm |title=UK &#124; 'Irresponsible' Pot Noodle ad withdrawn |publisher=BBC News |date=2002-08-28 |access-date=2015-12-11 |archive-date=2009-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421134106/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2220108.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
-* King size Pot Noodles, holding 30% more contents than an average pot
-* Kids Pots, smaller versions designed for children
+In May 2005, the Advertising Standards Authority received 620 complaints, about a series of advertisements featuring a man with a large brass [[Horn (instrument)|horn]] in his trousers,<ref>{{Cite news|title = Pot Noodle's 'horn' ad off the hook|url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/may/18/advertising.uknews1|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 2005-05-18|access-date = 2016-01-14|issn = 0261-3077|language = en-GB|first1 = Stephen|last1 = Brook|first2 = advertising|last2 = correspondent|archive-date = 2019-04-13|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190413184948/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/may/18/advertising.uknews1|url-status = live}}</ref> with the suggestive slogan "Have you got the Pot Noodle horn?" Some of the complaints described them as "tasteless and offensive." The three advertisements had been already approved for restricted times, primarily after the 9:00pm watershed. The ASA did not uphold the complaints. While it accepted the campaign was "a little crude," they deemed it harmless and said that "the timing restriction was appropriate."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asa.org.uk/~/media/Files/ASA/Old%20Broadcast%20rulings/Broadcast_report_18_May_05.ashx|publisher=Advertising Standards Authority|title=Broadcast Report|date=18 May 2005|access-date=3 March 2012}}{{dead link|date=August 2014}}</ref>
-* Posh Noodle, with narrower noodles, designed to be more upmarket
-* [[Pot Rice]]
+In a September 2006 article headed "Teach Pot Noodle teens to cook" in Dublin's [[Sunday Independent (Ireland)|''Sunday Independent'']] newspaper, Cavan chef [[Neven Maguire|Nevin Maguire]] on a recent school visit was shocked "to see 60 per cent of [[Leaving Certificate (Ireland)|Leaving Cert]] students had Pot Noodle for their lunch". Maguire, along with other celebrity chefs called for compulsory cookery lessons in Ireland's schools for a "new generation that thinks 'food comes in a box'".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bradley |first=Lara |date=24 September 2006 |title=Teach Pot Noodle teens to cook |page=8 |work=[[Sunday Independent (Ireland)|Sunday Independent]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002324/20060924/091/0008 |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 March 2023 }}</ref>
-* Pot Curry, a variation of Pot Rice with Indian flavours
-* [[Pot Mash]]
+==Related products==
-* [[Pot Casserole]]
+{{more citations needed|section|date=January 2018}}
-* Pot Pasta
+[[Golden Wonder]] introduced a similar [[convenience food]] "Pot Rice" at the beginning of the 1980s. Pot Rice was made from dehydrated [[rice]], [[wheat]] protein, vegetables, and flavourings, sold in a plastic pot. Pot Rice was later manufactured by [[Unilever]] and [[Knorr (brand)|Knorr]] when the Pot Noodle brand went through a series of acquisitions and takeovers in the 1990s.
-* Pot Sweet, dessert rather than savoury flavours
-* "Wot? Not in a Pot Noodle", a [[Super Noodles]] style alternative with thinner noodles, for pan cooking
+Posh Noodle was a variation on the typical pot noodle, consisting of thinner, ramen like noodles and available in three Asian themed flavours, launched in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.potnoodle.com/our-story|title=Our Story|website=potnoodle|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-27|archive-date=2019-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202095207/https://www.potnoodle.com/our-story|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Pot Rice was discontinued at the beginning of the 2000s. Pot Rice flavours have included "Chicken Risotto", "Chicken Curry", "Beef & Tomato" and "Savoury Beef". Pot Rice received a limited relaunch in 2018. "Pot Mash" was a similar branded [[mashed potato]] snack, sold by the makers of Pot Noodle in the United Kingdom and Ireland at the end of the 1990s.
+"Pot Casserole" consisting of dried vegetables and soya protein was introduced during the 1980s, but discontinued before the turn of the century. "Pot Pasta" and "Pot Spaghetti" combined dried pasta pieces with a sachet of [[Parmesan Cheese|Parmesan cheese]], and was available for some time in the 1990s. However, in 2017, Pot Pasta was relaunched. "Pot Sweet" was a dessert range available in four varieties, introduced in the mid-1980s, and discontinued shortly afterwards.<ref>{{Citation|last=Night Of The Trailers|title=Golden Wonder Pot Sweet - 1985 TV Advert|date=2015-05-16|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM-mJc2ZpeI|access-date=2016-09-30}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref>
+In 2020, Lost the Pot Noodle, instant noodles in loose plastic packaging instead of a plastic pot, was launched in 3 flavours: curry, roast chicken and sweet chilli.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Lost the pot noodle {{!}} PotNoodle|url=https://www.potnoodle.com/products/lost-the-pot-noodle.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122051432/https://www.potnoodle.com/products/lost-the-pot-noodle.html|archive-date=2021-01-22|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
+From August 2021, Pot Noodle launched another new range of pots, titled 'Pot Noodle Fusions'. This range hearkened back to earlier ranges like 'Posh Noodle' and 'Asian Street Style' with more exotic world food flavours including Chilli Chicken, Katsu Curry and the previously available Thai Green Curry flavours, as a partial rebrand and partial new launch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/new-product-development/pot-noodle-launches-adventurous-asian-inspired-fusions-range/659340.article|title=Pot Noodle launches 'adventurous' Asian-inspired Fusions range|access-date=2022-01-10|archive-date=2021-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908115410/https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/new-product-development/pot-noodle-launches-adventurous-asian-inspired-fusions-range/659340.article|url-status=live}}</ref>
 ==See also==
+{{Portal|Food|United Kingdom}}
-* [[Cup noodles]]
+{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
-* [[Super Noodles]]
-* [[IndoMie Mi Goreng]]
+*[[Ramen noodles]]
+*[[List of instant noodle brands]]
-* [[Koka noodles]]
-* [[Maggi noodles]]
+*[[Indomie]]
-* [[Mr. Noodles]]
+*[[Maggi noodles]]
-* [[Sapporo Ichiban]]
+*[[Nissin Foods]]
-* [[Shin Cup]]
+*[[Sapporo Ichiban]]
-* [[Shin ramyun]]
+*[[Shin Ramyun]]
-* [[Wai-Wai (food)]]
+*[[Super Noodles]]
+*[[Wai Wai (food brand)]]
+{{div col end}}
-== References ==
+==References==
+{{Reflist|30em}}
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-* [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2132552.ece Independent UK]
-* [http://www.unilever.co.uk/ourbrands/foods/Pot_Noodle.asp Unilever brand information]
-</div>
-{{reflist}}
-== External links ==
+==External links==
-*[http://www.potnoodle.co.uk Pot Noodle official website]
+* {{Official site|http://www.potnoodle.co.uk/|Pot Noodle official website}}
+* [https://www.unilever.co.uk/brands/our-brands/pot-noodle.html Unilever brand information]
-* [http://www.potnoodlethemusical.com/ The Official Site of Pot Noodle The Musical]
-* [http://www.sirc.org/articles/cheap.shtml Cheap’n’Nasty — Pornography and processed food.]
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