What's in ramen noodles that packs so much calories?

[jtvang125]

It's 400 calories just for one bag. 200 calories a bag seems more reasonable. Where are all the calories coming from? The noodles? The sauce packet?

 

[Hacp]

msg

 

[chin311]

sodium lol

 

[Gibson486]

the noodles?

 

[F1N3ST]

Oh well, just eat the ramens regardless.

 

[lxskllr]

the noodles?

^^^

 

[ElFenix]

packaged ramen noodles are deep fried

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

 

[dighn]

packaged ramen noodles are deep fried

and it's pure carbs by itself
and a lot of them have very fatty seasoning

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

arent they just deep fried: egg, flour, salt, maybe milk,

 

[syrillus]

Those calories are taking into account the water you use to cook it.

 

[shiner]

It's 400 calories just for one bag. 200 calories a bag seems more reasonable. Where are all the calories coming from? The noodles? The sauce packet?

The love

 

[Cattlegod]

Essence of Cat.

 

[Pepsei]

packaged ramen noodles are deep fried

yep, there's a 'Maruchan Ramen' factory (one of the two in the USA) near my area. they have big stainless steel containers for deep frying noodles.

 

[Newbian]

What a waste of good ice cream. 🙁

 

[Pepsei]

just to add, the 'real' ramen, the non instant kind... is probably slightly more healthy, as the noodles are made fresh daily at good places. (mostly japan, taiwan...etc) avoid china, they use cardboard stock... lol i kid i kid...

 

[dighn]

just to add, the 'real' ramen, the non instant kind... is probably slightly more healthy, as the noodles are made fresh daily at good places. (mostly japan, taiwan...etc) avoid china, they use cardboard stock... lol i kid i kid...

you only think you are kidding... 😱 at least cardboard is high in fiber

 

[0roo0roo]

course the badness mostly includes if you are stupid enough to drink all the soup...bad sodium intake. i'm sure plenty of the fats are in the soup as well, when it congeals you can see it

 

[FoBoT]

noodles are made of carbohydrates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbohydrate

In food science and in many informal contexts, the term carbohydrate often means any food that is particularly rich in starch (such as cereals, bread and pasta) or sugar (such as candy, jams and desserts).

 

[yankeesfan]

Those calories are taking into account the water you use to cook it.

Water has 0 calories.

 

[KeithTalent]

From what I remember the nooodles are made with palm oil, so that would be why.

KT

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

The noodles and flavoring packet.

 

[Newbian]

Water has 0 calories.

Someone failed a sarcasm check. 😀

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Water has 0 calories.

only if you use dehydrated water

 

[yankeesfan]

Someone failed a sarcasm check. 😀

I don't think I did.