The noodles are usually soaked for 4-5 minutes. The taste is soft and hard, like more soft taste can choose to soak longer. The food additives in instant noodles play a role in increasing color, bleaching, regulating appetite, preventing oxidation, extending shelf life and other functions, and these food additives can be used according to regulations.

The term "instant noodles" generally refers to instant noodles, which are also known as fast food noodles, instant noodles, cup noodles, quick-cooking noodles, instant noodles, instant noodles, and are generally referred to as bowl noodles in the south and doll noodles in Hong Kong. It is a kind of noodle food that can be cooked and eaten in a short time with hot water.

Broadly speaking, it is a kind of noodle food that can be soaked and cooked in hot water and eaten within a short period of time, and there are related dishes such as instant noodles and instant noodle salad, etc. Narrowly speaking, instant noodles usually refer to finished products for sale consisting of noodle cakes, seasoning packets and oil packets, and most of them are sold in bags and cups or bowls on the market. Ando Momofuku invented instant noodles in 1958, with the accelerated pace of life and the need to travel, instant noodles have become one of the indispensable and simple food of modern life.