Pot Noodle v Asda in a head to head. Pot Noodle is normally £1 a pot, while Asda is less than half that price, though the Pot Noodles were being offered at half price, so I grabbed some.
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| Ingredients. Asda on the left, Pot Noodle on the right |
Both are veggie, using onion as flavouring and soya for the beef. Asda use herbs, which made a difference in the taste. Asda wasn't a great tasting pot, but it was streets ahead of the Pot Noodle which was bland to the extreme.
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| Open the lid and check the contents |
The packaging is fairly similar, though Pot Noodle has the stronger appearance both in the label and on opening the pot. The Pot Noodle cup appears to be over flowing with goodness, it has some writing on the inside of the lid, and the sauce sachet is bolder and better looking. The anticipation and expectation for the Pot Noodle is much greater, especially with all the clever advertising. Asda Noodle Snack, of course, has 0 advertising, so the expectation is that it's going to be crap, and the appearance on opening the lid confirms that. It all looks pale and cheap next to the glorious Pot Noodle.
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| Pour and stir |
Pour on the boiling water and stir. The Pot Noodle has a solid cake of noodles which makes it hard to stir. The Asda noodles are slightly easier to prepare. There is more vivid colour in the PotNoodle sauce, but as both soften and cook, there isn't a lot to choose between them. They both have bits of dried veg in the sauce, and after a while, if anything, the Asda noodles look more appetising. Put on the tomato sauce. Both sauces are thick and dark. And when eating the pots, both sauces were sweet, rich, and with a pleasant tomato flavour.
Asda was the clear winner with those herbs, but neither were worth the money.,
