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{{short description|Brand of instant noodle snack foods}}
{{Infobox brand
| name           = Pot Noodle
| logo           =File:Pot Noodle logo.webp 
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| image          = Pot Noodle after water etc added (King size Chicken & Mushroom).jpg
| image_size     = 170px
| caption        = Chicken and mushroom flavour Pot Noodle made up according to instructions
| producttype    = [[Instant noodles]]
| currentowner   = [[Unilever]]
| producedby     = [[Croespenmaen]], near [[Crumlin, Caerphilly]], [[Wales]]
| country        = [[United Kingdom]]
| introduced     = {{start date and age|1977}}
| discontinued   =
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| previousowners = [[Golden Wonder]]
| website        ={{URL|potnoodle.com}} 
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[[File:Pot Noodle before water added (King size Chicken & Mushroom).jpg|Chicken and mushroom flavour "King" (large) Pot Noodle before boiling water and [[soy sauce]] sachet added|thumb]]
'''Pot Noodle''' is a [[brand]] of [[Instant noodles|instant noodle]] [[snack]] foods from the [[United Kingdom]], available in a selection of flavours and varieties. This [[Food drying|dehydrated food]] consists of noodles, assorted dried [[vegetable]]s and [[Flavoring|flavouring]] powder. It is prepared by adding boiling water, which rapidly softens the noodles and dissolves the powdered sauce.

The product is packaged in a [[plastic]] pot, from which the prepared noodles can be eaten. Many pots contain a sachet of [[sauce]], such as [[soy sauce]].

Certain flavours of Pot Noodle have "King" variants, which are large versions of the same flavour.

==History==
Instant noodles were originally invented in 1958 by [[Momofuku Ando]], and ''[[Cup Noodle]]s'' developed by his company [[Nissin Food Products]] in 1971.

[[Golden Wonder]] launched the Pot Noodle brand in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web |last=Elkins |first=Ruth |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mr-pot-noodle-dies-aged-96-431099.html |title=Mr Pot Noodle dies, aged 96 &#124; Asia &#124; News |work=The Independent |date=2007-01-07 |access-date=2015-12-11 |archive-date=2012-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108165221/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mr-pot-noodle-dies-aged-96-431099.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 1995, [[Best Foods]], which produces [[Hellmanns]] [[mayonnaise]], paid then owner [[Dalgety plc]] $280 million for its Golden Wonder Pot Noodle instant hot snacks manufacturing business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Bestfoods-Company-History.html|title=Bestfoods -- Company History|work=fundinguniverse.com|access-date=3 July 2008|archive-date=16 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316043217/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Bestfoods-Company-History.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bestfoods, known as CPC international before 1997, was itself acquired by [[Unilever]] in June 2000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB877046902651289000|title=CPC International Changes Company's Name to Bestfoods|last=Journal|first=Elizabeth Jensen Staff Reporter of The Wall Street|date=1997-10-17|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|access-date=2016-09-07|archive-date=2018-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120105459/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB877046902651289000|url-status=live}}</ref> Unilever kept the Pot Noodle brand and its sole production factory, after it sold the rest of the Golden Wonder business in January 2006 to [[Tayto (Northern Ireland)|Tayto]]. In the same year, Unilever relaunched the brand, introduced three new varieties and reduced salt levels by 50 per cent.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=25 August 2007 |title=Pots push health agenda: Pot Noodle and its competitors have made a concerted move away from the cheap and cheerful student image of old towards a healthier, more wholesome message |journal=[[The Grocer]] |volume=230 |issue=7819 |page=46 |via=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]] General OneFile}}</ref> Golden Wonder later established another line of pot noodles called ''[[The Nation's Noodle]]'' (renamed ''Noodle Pot'' in 2016) in direct competition with their former brand.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kemp |first=Ed |url=http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/922848/Golden-Wonder-Pot-Noodle-The-Nations-Noodle/ |title=Golden Wonder to take on Pot Noodle with 'The Nation's Noodle' |publisher=Marketing Magazine |date=2009-07-24 |access-date=2015-12-11 |archive-date=2012-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314052134/http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/922848/Golden-Wonder-Pot-Noodle-The-Nations-Noodle/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Production==
[[File:Harvest festival offerings at St Andrews Church, Southgate 02.jpg|thumb|upright|Pot Noodle harvest festival offerings, [[St Andrew's Southgate]], London]]
Pot Noodles are manufactured in [[Croespenmaen]], near [[Crumlin, Caerphilly]], [[Wales]], which became the topic of an advertising campaign of 2006, showing fictitious Pot Noodle [[Mining|mines]] in Wales.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4753813.stm|title=From Pot Noodle to pit for advert|date=2006-05-09|publisher=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2015-12-11|archive-date=2009-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501190141/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4753813.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The factory typically produces 175 million pots annually.<ref name=":0" />

Around 2006, Pot Noodle's recipe was changed to make the product healthier. This mostly involved cutting down on the amount of salt in the product. A "GTi" variant, prepared in a [[microwave]] instead of adding boiling water, was introduced at the end of the 2000s and was the first Pot Noodle to contain real meat. In 2007, 2014, and 2023, the brand changed their logo.
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Pot Noodle has often given promotional gifts away, including a 'horn' and a 'spinning fork.' During the 2008 [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]], Unilever sponsored a musical directed by [[David Sant]], and created by advertising agency [[Mother Advertising|Mother]], set in a Pot Noodle factory.<ref>{{cite web |last=Swaine |first=Jon |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2503389/Advertisers-create-Pot-Noodle-The-Musical.html |title=Advertisers create Pot Noodle: The Musical |publisher=Telegraph |date=2008-08-05 |access-date=2015-12-11 |archive-date=2015-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222192334/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2503389/Advertisers-create-Pot-Noodle-The-Musical.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

As part of a sustainability commitment by Pot Noodle's parent company, Unilever, half of the Pot Noodle range and roughly 80% of the most popular flavours will switch to paper pots rather than plastic pots.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paper Pots- Background|url=https://www.potnoodle.com/full-information.html|access-date=2025-07-11|website = Pot Noodle|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-07-12|title=Pot Noodle trials new paper-based packaging in the UK
|url=https://www.unilever.com/news/news-search/2023/pot-noodle-trials-new-paperbased-packaging-in-the-uk/|access-date=2025-07-11|website = Unilever|language=en}}</ref><!-- Citing Unilever's website as well in case the Pot Noodle page is removed in the future (I would not be surprised if it did)-->

== Flavours ==
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=== Currently produced flavours ===
There are four current product lines: Pot Noodles, Pot Noodle Fusions, Lost The Pot Noodles and Pot Pasta.

Some flavours have been discontinued and then reintroduced later.


{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Regular Line<ref>{{Cite web|title=All Products |url=https://www.potnoodle.com/products.html |website=Pot Noodle |access-date=2025-07-10|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2025-07-10|title=ASDA Pot Noodle list|url=https://groceries.asda.com/event/pot-noodle|access-date=2025-07-10|website=ASDA groceries|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pot Noodle Doner Kebab Instant Noodles King Pot 114g |url=https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/320984970|access-date=2025-07-11 |website=Tesco Groceries|language=en}}</ref>{{efn|name=Introduced Sources Main| "Introduced" column sources: <ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-09|access-date=2025-07-11 |title=The Original Three Pot Noodles, Chicken and Mushroom, Spicy (Original) Curry, Beef and Tomato|url=https://x.com/SeasonDeeper/status/1446858217552756741|website=X (Twitter)|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009154320/https://twitter.com/SeasonDeeper/status/1446858217552756741|archive-date=2021-10-09|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Original Three Flavours in 1980 Advertisement|date=2012-12-02|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFxtisnHgUo|access-date=2025-07-11|website=YouTube|language=en}}</ref><!-- Archive link if goes dead: https://web.archive.org/web/20140912201615/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFxtisnHgUo--><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-02-02|last=Mckinlay|first=Katrina|title=Bombay Bad Boy|url=https://kmckinlaymedia.wordpress.com/2015/02/|access-date=2025-07-11| website =Katrina Mckinlay Media Wordpress blog|language=en}}</ref><!--Not the best source (blog site), but it's the best I could find. Alternatives are these: https://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews/1375/mpc_gets_dirty_with_pot_noodle and https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/32257-hot-noodle-~-pot-noodle/--><ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-11-30 |title=Sticky Rib|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgwKKAHViqU|access-date=2025-07-11|website =YouTube (Official Pot Noodle Channel)|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Chinese Chow Mein|url=https://www.potnoodle.com/p/chowmein.html/05000118203534|access-date=2025-07-11|website=Pot Noodle|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-03-13|title=Sweet and Sour|url=https://www.minimins.com/threads/pot-noodle.199660/|access-date=2025-07-11|website=MiniMins.com|language=en}}</ref><!--Another unreliable source :/--><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-12 |title=Piri Piri Chicken|url=https://www.facebook.com/potnoodle/videos/you-voted-we-promised-we-delivered-pot-noodle-piri-piri-chicken-is-available-now/264832572093453/|access-date=2025-07-11|website=Facebook (Official Pot Noodle Account)|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-10-21 |last=Birch|first=Tamara|title=Doner Kebab|url=https://www.betterretailing.com/pot-noodle-doner-kebab-launched/|access-date=2025-07-11|website=Better Retailing|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-06-25 |title=Chicken Fajita|url=https://www.slrmag.co.uk/pot-noodle-chicken-fajita/|access-date=2025-07-11|website=Scottish Local Retailer|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2025-05-27 |last=Briggs|first=Fiona|title=Flame Grilled Steak|url=https://retailtimes.co.uk/pot-noodle-extinguished-hunger-with-new-flame-grilled-steak-innovation/|access-date=2025-07-11|website = Retail Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pell |first=Miranda |date=2025-05-25 |title=Asda shoppers say ‘I need it’ after discovering new flavour of popular snack |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/asda-shoppers-say-i-need-31720876 |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}</ref>}}

|-
! class="unsortable"|Flavour!!Flavour Packet Used!! class="unsortable"|King Variant? !! Introduced !! class="unsortable"|More
|-
| Chicken & Mushroom || Soy Sauce || {{ya}}|| 1977 || 
|-1
| Original Curry || Mango Sauce (Chutney) || {{ya}} || 1977 ||
|-
| Beef & Tomato || Tomato Sauce || {{ya}} || 1977 || [[File:V-label-vegan.png|40px]]
|-
| Bombay Bad Boy || Hot Sauce || {{ya}} || 2002 || [[File:V-label-vegan.png|40px]]
|-
| Sticky Rib || Soy and Ginger|| {{ya}} || 2010 || [[File:V-label-vegan.png|40px]]
|-
| Chinese Chow Mein || Soy Sauce || {{maybe}}{{efn|name=King|Whilst the Pot Noodle website- which lists some discontinued flavours- does list a King variant, no recent reports confirm its existence.}} || Between 1992 and 1996 || [[File:V-label-vegan.png|40px]]
|-
| Sweet & Sour || Sweet and Sour Sauce || {{na}} || Before 2011|| [[File:V-label-vegan.png|40px]]
|-
| Piri Piri Chicken || Hot Sauce || {{na}} || 2021 || [[File:V-label-vegan.png|40px]]
|-
| Doner Kebab || Hot Sauce || {{ya}} || 2022 || [[File:V-label-vegan.png|40px]]
|-
| Chicken Fajita || Tomato Sauce || {{na}} || 2024 || [[File:V-label-vegan.png|40px]]
|-
| Flame Grilled Steak || Soy Sauce|| {{na}} || 2025 || [[File:V-label-vegan.png|40px]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Pot Noodle Fusions<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pot Noodle|url=https://www.potnoodle.com/|access-date=2025-07-11|website = Pot Noodle|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Coop Pot Noodle list|url=https://www.coop.co.uk/products/search?query=pot%20noodle&page=1|access-date=2025-07-11|website = Coop products|language=en}}</ref>{{efn|name=Introduced Sources Fusions| "Introduced" column sources: <ref>{{Cite web|last=Leonard-Bedwell|first=Niamh|date=2021-08-31|access-date=2025-07-11 |title=The Original Three Fusions, Katsu Curry, Thai Green Curry, Chilli Chicken|url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/pot-noodle-launches-adventurous-asian-inspired-fusions-range/659340.article|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2025-09-30 |last=Briggs|first=Fiona|title=Korean BBQ Beef|url=https://retailtimes.co.uk/pot-noodle-fusions-launches-korean-bbq-beef-flavour/|access-date=2025-07-11|website = Retail Times|language=en}}</ref>}}
|-
! class="unsortable"|Flavour !! class=unsortable| Flavour Packet Used !! Introduced !!class="unsortable"|More
|-
| Katsu Curry || Mango Sauce (Chutney) || 2021 || [[File:V-label-vegan.png|40px]]
|-
| Thai Green Curry || Soy Sauce|| 2021 || [[File:V-label-vegan.png|40px]] 
|-
| Chilli Chicken || Hot Sauce|| 2021 || [[File:V-label-vegan.png|40px]] 
|-
| Korean BBQ Beef || Soy and Ginger || 2024 || [[File:V-label-vegan.png|40px]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Lost the Pot Noodle<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-10-03|title=‘Lost the Pot’ no longer crap ad|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtrCBrhwxAw|access-date=2025-07-11|website = YouTube (Official Pot Noodle Channel)|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tesco Lost the Pot noodle list|url=https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/search?query=lost+the+pot+noodle&inputType=free+text|access-date=2025-07-11|website = Tesco groceries|language=en}}</ref>{{efn|name=Introduced Sources Lost|"Introduced" column sources: <ref>{{Cite web|date=2025-10-03 |title=Chip Shop Curry, Champion Chicken, Smokin' BBQ|url=https://www.unilever.com/news/news-search/2022/snack-brand-relaunch-uses-consumer-feedback-in-brutally-honest-ads/|access-date=2025-07-11|website = Unilever|language=en}}</ref>}}
|-
! class="unsortable"|Flavour!! Reintroduced !! class="unsortable"|More
|-
| Chip Shop Curry || 2022 || [[File:V-label-vegan.png|40px]]
|-
| Champion Chicken<br/> || 2022 ||
|-
| Smokin' BBQ || 2022 || [[File:V-label-vegan.png|40px]]
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Pot Pasta<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pot Pasta|url=https://www.potnoodle.com/products/pot-pasta.html|access-date=2025-07-11|website = Pot Noodle|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tesco Pot Pasta|url=https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/search?query=pot+pasta&inputType=free+text|access-date=2025-07-11|website = Tesco groceries|language=en}}</ref>{{efn|name=Introduced Sources Pasta|"Introduced" column sources: <ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-06-06|title=Bolognese and Carbonara|url=https://www.just-food.com/news/unilever-to-launch-pot-pasta-in-uk/|access-date=2025-07-11|website = Just Food|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pot Pasta Range|url=https://www.potnoodle.com/faq/when-was-pot-pasta-introduced-.html|access-date=2025-07-11|website = Pot Noodle|language=en}}</ref>}}
|-
! class="unsortable"|Flavour class!! class="unsortable"|King Variants? !! Introduced
|-
| Bolognese || {{ya}}|| 2017
|-
| Carbonara || {{ya}}|| 2017
|}

==Controversies==
The Pot Noodle brand has been involved in a number of controversial advertising campaigns.

In 1993, the ''[[Computer Graphic (advertisement)|Computer Graphic]]'' advertisement was banned after reports it caused [[epileptic seizure]]s in viewers.<ref name="Erlichman">{{cite journal |last1=Erlichman |first1=James |title=Flashing TV pot noodle advert banned after epilepsy attacks |journal=The Guardian |date=21 April 1993 |page=5}}</ref>

In January 2002, Irish politician [[Michael Ring]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]], branded a Pot Noodle animated television advertisement as glorifying child neglect and demanded it be banned. The advertisement featured a young boy whose tongue was stuck to a frozen climbing frame. A supervisor went to get a sponge and boil a kettle of water to help free the child's tongue but was distracted and instead used the hot water to make a Pot Noodle. Ring said "the manufacturers have a responsibility to the public not to encourage youngsters to lick frozen pipes or suggest that adults should neglect a suffering child".<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 January 2002 |title=TD potty over 'child neglecting promoting' ad |page=25 |work=[[Sunday World]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002323/20020127/083/0025 |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 March 2023 }}</ref>      

In August 2002, a series of television adverts that described Pot Noodle as "the slag of all snacks" was withdrawn after complaints to the [[Independent Television Commission]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Jennifer Whitehead |url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/155509/pot-noodle-banned-calling-itself-slag-snacks/ |title=Pot Noodle banned from calling itself the "slag of all snacks" |publisher=Brand Republic |access-date=2015-12-11 |archive-date=2011-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501020642/http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/155509/Pot-Noodle-banned-calling-itself-slag-snacks/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2202298.stm |title=UK &#124; Pot Noodle advert 'caused offence' |publisher=BBC News |date=2002-08-19 |access-date=2015-12-11 |archive-date=2017-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827124425/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2202298.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The related poster campaign, revolving around the "Hot Noodle" range with a tagline of "hurt me, you slag" was withdrawn by Unilever after the [[Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)|Advertising Standards Authority]] (ASA) upheld complaints that "the tone could be interpreted as condoning violence".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2220108.stm |title=UK &#124; 'Irresponsible' Pot Noodle ad withdrawn |publisher=BBC News |date=2002-08-28 |access-date=2015-12-11 |archive-date=2009-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421134106/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2220108.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In May 2005, the Advertising Standards Authority received 620 complaints, about a series of advertisements featuring a man with a large brass [[Horn (instrument)|horn]] in his trousers,<ref>{{Cite news|title = Pot Noodle's 'horn' ad off the hook|url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/may/18/advertising.uknews1|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 2005-05-18|access-date = 2016-01-14|issn = 0261-3077|language = en-GB|first1 = Stephen|last1 = Brook|archive-date = 2019-04-13|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190413184948/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/may/18/advertising.uknews1|url-status = live}}</ref> with the suggestive slogan "Have you got the Pot Noodle horn?" Some of the complaints described them as "tasteless and offensive." The three advertisements had been already approved for restricted times, primarily after the 9:00pm watershed. The ASA did not uphold the complaints. While it accepted the campaign was "a little crude," they deemed it harmless and said that "the timing restriction was appropriate."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asa.org.uk/~/media/Files/ASA/Old%20Broadcast%20rulings/Broadcast_report_18_May_05.ashx|publisher=Advertising Standards Authority|title=Broadcast Report|date=18 May 2005|access-date=3 March 2012}}{{dead link|date=August 2014}}</ref>

In a September 2006 article headed "Teach Pot Noodle teens to cook" in Dublin's [[Sunday Independent (Ireland)|''Sunday Independent'']] newspaper, Cavan chef [[Neven Maguire|Nevin Maguire]] on a recent school visit was shocked "to see 60 per cent of [[Leaving Certificate (Ireland)|Leaving Cert]] students had Pot Noodle for their lunch". Maguire, along with other celebrity chefs called for compulsory cookery lessons in Ireland's schools for a "new generation that thinks 'food comes in a box'".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bradley |first=Lara |date=24 September 2006 |title=Teach Pot Noodle teens to cook |page=8 |work=[[Sunday Independent (Ireland)|Sunday Independent]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002324/20060924/091/0008 |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 March 2023 }}</ref>

==Related products==
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[[Golden Wonder]] introduced a similar [[convenience food]] "Pot Rice" at the beginning of the 1980s. Pot Rice was made from dehydrated [[rice]], [[wheat]] protein, vegetables, and flavourings, sold in a plastic pot. Pot Rice was later manufactured by [[Unilever]] and [[Knorr (brand)|Knorr]] when the Pot Noodle brand went through a series of acquisitions and takeovers in the 1990s.

Posh Noodle was a variation on the typical pot noodle, consisting of thinner, ramen like noodles and available in three Asian themed flavours, launched in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.potnoodle.com/our-story|title=Our Story|website=potnoodle|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-27|archive-date=2019-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202095207/https://www.potnoodle.com/our-story|url-status=live}}</ref>

Pot Rice was discontinued at the beginning of the 2000s. Pot Rice flavours have included "Chicken Risotto", "Chicken Curry", "Beef & Tomato" and "Savoury Beef". Pot Rice received a limited relaunch in 2018. "Pot Mash" was a similar branded [[mashed potato]] snack, sold by the makers of Pot Noodle in the United Kingdom and Ireland at the end of the 1990s.

"Pot Casserole" consisting of dried vegetables and soya protein was introduced during the 1980s, but discontinued before the turn of the century. "Pot Pasta" and "Pot Spaghetti" combined dried pasta pieces with a sachet of [[Parmesan]], and was available for some time in the 1990s. However, in 2017, Pot Pasta was relaunched, with the sachets removed. "Pot Sweet" was a dessert range available in four varieties, introduced in the mid-1980s, and discontinued shortly afterwards.<ref>{{Citation|last=Night Of The Trailers|title=Golden Wonder Pot Sweet - 1985 TV Advert|date=2015-05-16|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM-mJc2ZpeI|access-date=2016-09-30}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref>

In 2020, Lost the Pot Noodle, instant noodles in loose plastic packaging instead of a plastic pot, was launched in 3 flavours: curry, roast chicken and sweet chilli.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Lost the pot noodle {{!}} PotNoodle|url=https://www.potnoodle.com/products/lost-the-pot-noodle.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122051432/https://www.potnoodle.com/products/lost-the-pot-noodle.html|archive-date=2021-01-22|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

From August 2021, Pot Noodle launched another new range of pots, titled 'Pot Noodle Fusions'. This range hearkened back to earlier ranges like 'Posh Noodle' and 'Asian Street Style' with more exotic world food flavours including Chilli Chicken, Katsu Curry and the previously available Thai Green Curry flavours, as a partial rebrand and partial new launch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/new-product-development/pot-noodle-launches-adventurous-asian-inspired-fusions-range/659340.article|title=Pot Noodle launches 'adventurous' Asian-inspired Fusions range|access-date=2022-01-10|archive-date=2021-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908115410/https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/new-product-development/pot-noodle-launches-adventurous-asian-inspired-fusions-range/659340.article|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Food|United Kingdom}}
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*[[Ramen]]
*[[List of instant noodle brands]]
*[[Indomie]]
*[[Maggi#Noodles|Maggi instant noodles]]
*[[Nissin Foods]]
*[[Sapporo Ichiban]]
*[[Shin Ramyun]]
*[[Super Noodles]]
*[[Wai Wai (food brand)]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [https://www.unilever.co.uk/brands/foods/pot-noodle/ Unilever brand information]

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