Talk:Cup Noodles

Varieties

Nissin makes more flavors under their Cup Noodle (not Cup Noodles) brand, which, in my opinion, are better. For example, while in Singapore I tried their Cup Noodle Laksa. It contained more non-noodle solid ingredients (shrimp, veggies, spices) than anything I've ever seen in here the United States. And it was really good! Why don't they sell that here? -Amatulic 00:11, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Followup: I recently added text to the article about the additional flavors under the Cup Noodle (singular) brand. -Amatulic 23:07, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Advertising

This brand of Cup Noodles featured heavily into the recent remake of The Manchurian Candidate128.101.70.97 16:59, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Date inconsistency

This article says they were invented in 1958. The Nissin article says they were invented in 1948. Anyone care to straighten this out? ADM 19:55, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

• Per the Nissin Website, the company was founded in 1948, but the first instant ramen wasn't invented until 1958. So this article is correct. Heres a link to the source [1]. I'm going to go check the Nissin article and edit if need be. Hope this clears it up. Eleigh33 05:26, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Article mismatch

The articles on Pot Noodles, Ramen, and cup noodles don't match. Was Nissin selling noodles in a disposable bowl before selling them in a cup? Is Cup Noodle a brand name or a type of noodle? --Gbleem 03:09, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

It's a brand name. Nissin sells instant noodles in bowls too. "Cup Noodle" or "Cup Noodles" is the brand that's sold in a cup. -Amatulic 21:10, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

No CFC

Does anyone know what the "No CFC" (A red circle with a crossbar over the letters CFC) on the side of the cup means? Is it "Chlorofluorocarbon : a class of chemical compounds known to inflict great damage to the ozone layer"? Chlorofluorocarbon is the first result when I look up CFC here and it don't seem to be appropriate to anything else on the list. Should it be added to the article after its meaning is located? 68.175.1.48 06:28, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, CFC refers to chlorofluorocarbon. It doesn't have anything to do with Cup Noodles, but rather the styrofoam cup that contains the noodles. I have seen the "No CFC" logo on other styrofoam products. -Amatulic 19:11, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I thought the term 'CFC' was so well known that it wouldn't need to be explained any further. Because of this and the fact that it's common on other styrofoam products, there's no reason it should be mentioned in this article. --70.142.50.131

Genericized Trademark?

Is the term "cup noodle" a genericized trademark? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ginbot86 (talk • contribs) 05:56, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm sure Nissin would say it isn't. Same as Xerox says Xerox isn't a generic term for an electrostatic image copier and Kimberly Clark says Kleenex is not to be used to identify any facial tissue not made by them. Bizzybody (talk) 03:23, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

vegetarian or not

I would like to know if the "vegetable cup noodle," and the "cheddar cheese cup noodle" meets the criteria of vegetarianism. Also I mean strictly a vegetarian, as in no meat, basically a lacto-ovo vegetarian —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.242.198.144 (talk) 06:16, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

MSG Allergy

The Wikipedia page for MSG already shows how the myth of MSG allergies has been debunked by scientific testing. Why does this page still mention it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.104.6.204 (talk) 02:22, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Cup Noodle in the US?

I remember buying CUP NOODLE (no S) here in the USA years ago, most likely right after the change from Cup O Noodles. Bizzybody (talk) 03:25, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

I find the brand with no S available in Asian grocery stores here in California. Otherwise, in mainstream US stores, I see only the brand with the S. ~Amatulić (talk) 13:21, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Cup Noodle vs Cup Noodles vs Cup O Noodles

Alternate names shouldn't be documented in the main article in this way without evidence; here's why: That's a Mandela Effect. You may be seeing residuals, and having alternative names in this article makes it harder for those of us who are Old Timeliners to prove our case that the name was retconned. Even if there are residuals of other names the article should use only one name unless the company that made it releases a statement saying they used different names during distribution. 2601:482:4301:5850:3C94:5B3A:B7DC:FC0F (talk) 19:30, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

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Flavors

Does anyone else think that the "Flavors" section is unneeded? First, I'm sure it's both incomplete and likely to always be incomplete. Second, it's nearly impossible to source. Most importantly, it arguably falls under WP:NOT and WP:UNDUE--we're not supposed to be providing a catalog of every variant that exists. I know a lot of pages on major food items do, but that doesn't mean its actually supported in policy. Anyone have any thoughts on the matter? Qwyrxian (talk) 11:03, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

I strongly agree. Wholly unnecessary for a general encyclopedia, better suited for a food-, asian food- or even noodle-based website. 5.254.138.120 (talk) 22:57, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

A year later, I've gone ahead and cut this, leaving only the introductory sentence "Different flavors are available in other parts of the world, such as tom yum in Thailand, curry in Japan, crab in Hong Kong, Bolognese sauce in Brazil". --McGeddon (talk) 13:23, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

I changed it from a bulleted list to a comma-ed list. RJFJR (talk) 18:38, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Referenced statement of how many sold?

It this is as popular as I suspect can we get a referenced statement of how many are sold? RJFJR (talk) 18:39, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Why is Noodles plural?

The brand appears to be "Cup Noodle" and not "Cup Noodles".

So: Why is the word "Noodles" written as a plural in the title of this article? 2601:200:C000:1A0:8E3:DA6A:214D:AEEE (talk) 16:05, 21 October 2021 (UTC)