Why is instant noodles dark yellow?

There are many different interpretations of eye-catching yellow colors of instant noodles, but not all understandings are true.

Here are the analysis from an expert's perspective, helping you better understand the composition of this quite popular dish.

Common myth

The beauty from the golden noodles makes the dish more attractive. However, not everyone can be relieved when these rumors of 'scary yellow' are constantly transmitted.

Although she has been with instant noodles for many years, Thuy An recently (Tan Phu District) has firmly rejected this dish from her family's menu. She said: 'Hearing many people say that instant noodles have such a beautiful yellow color because they used fried oil many times so I was a bit worried because it would not be good for their health'.

Instant noodles are attractive but also cause many skeptics.

Kim Phung (Phu Nhuan district) has access to another rumor: 'It is said that instant yellow noodles are due to the use of many color products, so I am hesitant to let my husband use'. However, because her husband and older son are both instant believers, Phung still has to reluctantly cook regularly.

But instead of just boiling water like before, now she has to spend time to squeeze the noodles many times for . to lose the color. The noodles are no longer "instant noodles" anymore, they are bland due to the loss of some flavor.

'Bad luck' for golden noodles

Professor Dong Thi Anh Dao - Food Department of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology - explains the use of fried oil to fry: ' In industrial production, noodles only wade through the oil for less than 2 minutes. The amount of oil lost during frying will immediately be automatically added to continuous production. If this time is over, the noodles will not bloom in boiling water . '

Modern frying system helps control the quality and content of fried oil.

In addition, Dr. Tran Van Ky - Vietnam Food Science and Technology Association said: 'Contrary to the image of oil pan boiling on the fire, noodles are fried in fried equipment (frying pan) with Modern technology - no need to heat directly. Frying oil is vegetable oil and indirectly heated by hot steam (similar to water) outside, which is then led into a frying pan by a sealed pipe '.

Instant noodles always use new oil.

By installing oil temperature and volume gauges, the manufacturer can control the maintenance of the oil temperature inside the pan to be stable and automatically add new oil. At the same time, the quality and quality of fried oil is also strictly controlled, ensuring fresh, safe and does not affect the user's health.

From the above explanations of experts, it can be seen that there is no use of frying oil in modern noodle production technology. So the yellow rumor of instant noodles using old oil is not accurate.