The health consciousness of contemporary consumers is vividly reflected in the choice of food: milk should be drunk without fat, milk tea should be sugar-free, bread should be eaten whole wheat...
As a kind of fast food pasta products, instant noodles naturally have room for "whole work".
Carrying the stigma of "junk food" for many years, instant noodles have finally been wronged in recent years:
People don't have a lot of rubbish,
Just no nutrition.
However, although the feeding behavior of beating an egg and cooking a la carte can make up for the lack of nutrition in instant noodles, it cannot shake the label of "fried food is unhealthy".
Thus, non-fried instant noodles were born.
As everyone knows, this is the biggest consumerism trap.
Because, non-fried, not only unhealthy, but also more unpalatable!
First of all, non-fried instant noodles and fried instant noodles are actually mostly the same in the production process, only the way the dough cake is dried is different.
The noodle cake of fried instant noodles is fried, while the noodle cake of non-fried instant noodles is made of hot air drying. Although, non-fried instant noodles do have less oil, and the fat content is only 1/3 to 1/4 of fried instant noodles.
However, in addition to the "unhealthy" of fried foods, in addition to too much fat content, there is also a point, that is, acrylamide may be produced during the frying process.
Acrylamide
Acrylamide is a carcinogen, mainly in fried, baked and other high-temperature processed foods, starchy foods in a long period of time cooking at high temperature will produce acrylamide, and manufacturers can control the frying time and temperature to inhibit the production of acrylamide.
Note, however, that the hot air drying process used for non-fried instant noodles is the same as that used for frying, which produces acrylamide. Therefore, from this point of view, there is no difference between non-fried instant noodles and fried instant noodles.
In fact, non-fried instant noodles are also working hard – trying to get closer to the taste of fried instant noodles.
However, the efficiency of hot air drying is relatively low, so the noodles of non-fried instant noodles need to be thinner and flatter, so that the drying speed can be faster.
However, if you break the bread, you will find that non-fried instant noodles do not have the crispy feeling of fried instant noodles, because after frying, the noodles will be covered with invisible holes (the presence of these small holes makes fried instant noodles more fragrant and better digestible than non-fried instant noodles).
In terms of most people's tastes, non-fried instant noodles are indeed slightly inferior to fried instant noodles.
In order to make up for the lack of taste, non-fried instant noodles often make a big fuss about the ingredient package.
Here's the point -
【Pack】,
Instant noodles are real pain points from a healthy perspective.
In fact, the biggest health problem hidden in instant noodles is sodium exceeding the standard, and the recommended daily intake limit for sodium ions recommended by the World Health Organization is 2,000 mg per person. It is no exaggeration to say that the sodium content of a bag of instant noodles can easily exceed this standard.
A famous ingredient list for fried instant noodles
A famous non-fried instant noodle ingredient list
Comparing the ingredient lists of the two kinds of instant noodles, we can find that the heat and sodium content of the two is actually similar.
So, if you really like to eat instant noodles, you can pour out the water for the first time to cook/soak the noodles, and you can get rid of most of the fat. In addition, in order to meet the standards of a healthy diet, everyone can eat instant noodles with less ingredients and less soup.
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