{"product_id":"nissin-cup-noodle-chilli-tomato","title":"Nissin Cup Noodle Chilli Tomato Regular — Japanese Ramen, 76g","description":"\u003cp\u003eA tomato soup with noodles in it: sweet and gently sour, spiced with cumin and oregano over a pork stock. Closer to a thin arrabbiata (the spicy tomato pasta sauce) than to anything else in a noodle cup. Despite the name it is barely hot. Between April and September 2022 this exact 76 g cup was the fifteenth best-selling cup noodle in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eカップヌードル チリトマトヌードル, \u003cem\u003echiri tomato\u003c\/em\u003e, the tomato one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTomato first, chilli second.\u003c\/strong\u003e The soup leads on tomato sweetness and a clean acidity; the chilli is a warmth at the back rather than heat you have to brace for.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCumin and oregano do the real work.\u003c\/strong\u003e They are what make it taste unlike every other cup on the shelf, smoky and slightly Mexican rather than Italian, once you notice them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA firm, slightly flat noodle\u003c\/strong\u003e that the soup clings to, and five dried toppings loose in the cup: cabbage, corn, tomato, green beans, and the mince Japan calls \u003cem\u003enazoniku\u003c\/em\u003e, \"mystery meat\", a joke Nissin leaned into for decades before confirming it is pork and soy protein.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThere is cheese in the soup powder.\u003c\/strong\u003e Both processed and natural cheese, which is why milk is declared, not something you would expect to find in a noodle cup.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe honest caveat:\u003c\/strong\u003e for something called Chilli Tomato, there is not much chilli in it, enough to notice if you are genuinely heat-shy, nowhere near enough if you came looking for it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, egg, milk, sesame, soy, apple, and mollusc in the form of clam seasoning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens, the two chart gaps\u003c\/strong\u003e: Japan's chart has no mollusc category, so clam sits in the pack's ingredient list rather than its allergen box. Australia's chart has no apple category either, so apple cannot appear in an allergen box here. Check the ingredients, not the chart; ours is the fuller list.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt also contains pork, and chicken hidden inside the seasoning where you would not think to look. This is the Japanese domestic cup. The Nissin cups Coles ranges are a locally supplied range in different flavours, which is most of why they cost less, and Coles ranges no chilli tomato at all. The lid is aluminium, so never microwave it in its own cup; Nissin warns of fire risk.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nissin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48289724432610,"sku":"SH-NDL-0022","price":3.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/nissin-cup-noodle-chilli-tomato-regular-cup.webp?v=1788086155","url":"https:\/\/shintop.com.au\/products\/nissin-cup-noodle-chilli-tomato","provider":"Shintop Trading Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}