The extra-large kitsune udon
Nissin Donbei Kitsune Udon Extra Large Fried Tofu 131g
$7.68 AUD
$5.86 per 100 gYou are looking at this one
Made byNissin Food ProductsOsaka, Japan
Nissin Donbei Kitsune Udon Extra Large Fried Tofu 131g
Instant udon in the extra-large cup: 131 g against the standard Donbei's 96 g, and 102 g of that is noodles.
Regular price $7.68AUD
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Why we say this
Donbei is Japan's best-selling brand of instant cup udon and buckwheat soba by sales value across 2025: that standing belongs to the brand across every size it makes, and this is its extra-large East cup.
The range
Which one do I need?
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The small export cup
Nissin Donbei Kitsune Udon Cup Fried Tofu 82g
$3.98 AUD
$4.85 per 100 g -
The extra-large tempura soba
Nissin Donbei Tempura Soba Japanese Buckwheat Cup 143g
$7.69 AUD
$5.38 per 100 g
Product information
About
Instant udon in the extra-large cup: 131 g against the standard Donbei's 96 g, and 102 g of that is noodles. Thick flat wheat udon in a dark bonito-and-soy broth, with a big slab of sweet seasoned fried tofu and slices of fish cake on top. The tofu is seasoned with soy and comes out sweet, so you get sweet tofu against a savoury broth.
日清のどん兵衛 特盛きつねうどん, the Japanese name across the cup, so you can match it to the one you remember.
Donbei is Japan's everyday udon rather than a specialty one: the standard supermarket and convenience-store cup, with Nissin's premium udon lines sitting above it. It is also Japan's best-selling brand of instant cup udon and buckwheat soba by sales value across 2025: that standing belongs to the brand across all its sizes. This is the East-Japan version, marked with an (E) on the side of the cup, beside the helpline number: a darker soy broth led by bonito, where the West cup goes lighter, with kombu kelp alongside the bonito.
What you're getting
- Thick, flat wheat udon, chewy and smooth going down, and it wants five minutes rather than a ramen cup's three.
- A big slab of seasoned fried tofu. It is seasoned in its own right rather than just soaking up the soup, so it tastes of something different from the broth around it: you taste sugar in the tofu itself, and that is right, not a mistake.
- A dark soy broth built on two kinds of dried bonito (a fish, dried hard and shaved into flakes), with kamaboko fish cake and spring onion in the cup. It is a fish-stock flavour rather than a meat-stock one.
- It is a lot of food: the export cup we also stock is 82 g. Treat it as a meal.
- Two sachets, joined together under the lid: a powder soup, and a shichimi chilli blend with the red chilli to the fore.
- Allergens: contains fish, wheat, gluten, milk, soy and sesame.
- Also on the label: Contains fish. Japanese labels don't have to flag fish as an allergen, so the pack names it only in its ingredient list (bonito, kamaboko fish cake). Our list follows the maker's own Japanese label.
There is fish in it. Many English recipes for kitsune udon are plant-based, but this cup is not: the broth is built on dried bonito and fish powder, there is kamaboko fish cake in the cup, and the Japanese pack declares mackerel. It also contains gelatine, and Nissin does not publish what animal that gelatine is made from.
"Kitsune" means fox, and there is no fox in it. It is simply the Japanese name for udon topped with fried tofu. And this is udon, not ramen: a thick, flat wheat noodle in a soy broth built on dashi, a Japanese stock made here from dried bonito, rather than a curly noodle in a rich soup.
Never microwave the cup: the pack forbids it.
Ingredients
Fried noodles (wheat flour (produced in Japan), vegetable oil, salt, vegetable protein, kombu kelp extract, soybean dietary fibre, sugars), toppings (seasoned fried tofu, kamaboko fish cake), soup (salt, sugars, powdered soy sauce, fish powder, bonito seasoning, shichimi chilli blend, spring onion, vegetable oil)
modified starch, flavour enhancers (amino acids etc.), thickener (gum arabic), calcium carbonate, phosphate (Na), caramel colour, emulsifier, spice extract, flavouring, acidity regulator, calcium phosphate, antioxidant (vitamin E), acidulant, paprika colour, vitamin B2, tea extract, vitamin B1, gardenia colour, monascus colour. Contains wheat, milk, sesame, mackerel, soy and gelatine.
For your safety, please check both the information on this page and the printed label on the pack. If anything is unclear or the information differs, please contact us before consuming the product.
Allergens
- Contains
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- Fish
- Gluten
- Milk
- Sesame
- Soy
- Wheat
- Dietary notes
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The cup contains gelatine, and Nissin does not publish what animal it comes from (it may be pork, beef or fish), so it cannot be treated as halal or kosher. It is not vegetarian either: the broth is built on fish and there is fish cake in the cup.
For your safety, please check both the information on this page and the printed label on the pack. If anything is unclear or the information differs, please contact us before consuming the product.
Nutrition
| Per cup (131 g) | Per 100 g | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 2494 kJ (596 kcal) | 1904 kJ (455 kcal) |
| Protein | 13.0 g | 9.9 g |
| Fat | 25.2 g | 19.2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 79.2 g | 60.5 g |
| Sodium | 2913 mg | 2224 mg |
From the Japanese pack's nutrition panel — not the Australian nutrition information panel. The Japanese pack gives no saturated fat or sugars figure. The per-100 g column, the kJ figures and sodium (from the pack's salt equivalent, 食塩相当量, ÷ 2.54) are our calculation.
Details
- Maker
- Nissin Food Products · Osaka
- Made in
- Japan
- Net contents
- One cup: 131 g, of which 102 g is noodles
Our guide
How to eat it
- Peel the lid back halfway.
- Take out the joined sachet of powder soup and shichimi.
- Tip the powder soup in first.
- Pour boiling water slowly over the fried tofu, up to the line inside the cup: about 500 mL.
- Put the lid back on and wait five minutes.
- Take the lid off and stir gently.
- Shake the shichimi over the top last.
Good to know
- Five minutes is the time the pack gives; ten makes the noodles softer and more slippery, and the trade is that the last of it goes lukewarm.
- Keep it away from anything strong-smelling: it picks up odours.
- Never microwave the cup: the pack forbids it. And add no oil that did not come with it; it can deform the cup.
In their own words
What Japanese buyers say
What do the numbers mean?
Counts of how many reviews mentioned each thing, not a score. One review can mention several. Every quote is our translation, with the original Japanese beneath it.
- What they like
Even the extra-large is delicious and slips right down. The broth is the best. In the extra-large the fried tofu is bigger too, so it really eats well.
特盛でも美味しくてペロッといけちゃいます。お出汁が最高。特盛だとおあげも大きくて食べごたえがあります。
mentioned in 17 of 55 reviews we readfrom monolog, a Japanese review site
- What they grumble about
Reliably tasty, but the amount might be a lot for a woman!
安定で美味しいけれど、女性には量は多いかも！
mentioned in 5 of 55 reviews we readfrom monolog
- What they like
Donbei's kitsune udon has a good dashi kick and the noodles are chewy and tasty. The extra-large is full of volume — hugely satisfying.
どん兵衛なきつねうどんはダシが利いてて麺ももちもちで美味しい。特盛りはボリューム満点で超満足。
mentioned in 9 of 55 reviews we readfrom monolog
- What they like
Wow, the fried tofu was super huge and really thick, lol. Serious eating — it left me pretty groggy.
すごい、お揚げがちょーでかくて分厚かったwかなりの食べ応えで結構グロッキー🥴
mentioned in 12 of 55 reviews we readfrom monolog
- What they like
The fried tofu is big, and the tofu itself is seasoned. It's different from the broth, so you get two flavours and it's twice as good.
お揚げが大きくて、お揚げ自体に味が付いています。スープとは違うからいろんな味を味わえて二度美味しいです。
from monolog
- What they grumble about
It eats well, but the flavour is very strong. The kitsune isn't that good either. A bit of a letdown.
食べごたえはあるが、味がとても濃い。きつねもあまり美味しくない。ちょっと残念。
from monolog
- What they like
Delicious! Because it's big I waited longer than the standard time — ten minutes — before eating. Very slippery-smooth and tasty.
美味い！大きいから基本の時間よりも長めの10分経ってからいただきました！とてもツルツルとして美味しかった。
from monolog
- What they like
A rich soy-sauce broth carrying the seafood umami of bonito and kombu; the big juicy fried tofu, kamaboko and spring onion go well with the flat udon noodles.
鰹や昆布等の魚介の旨味が効いた濃厚な味の醤油スープ、大きくてジューシーな油揚げ・蒲鉾・葱等の具材が、平麺饂飩と良く合います。
from monolog
- What they grumble about
My mother bought it and shared a bit with me. It really is a lot. She polished off almost all of it herself, lol. When I buy it myself the regular size is fine, I think…
母が買って少し分けてもらいました。量が多いですね。ほぼほぼ母か一人で平らげました(笑)自分が買う時は普通サイズでいいかな…。
from monolog
- What they like
The noodles go down smoothly and, for this kind of product, it doesn't sit heavy. It's the orthodox choice — simple is best.
麺の喉越しがよく、この手の商品の中ではあまり胃もたれしない。王道だけど、シンプルイズベストって感じ。
from monolog
- What they like
It's the East-Japan version — a bonito-dashi-led soy broth, with big fried tofu, kamaboko and spring onion going well with the flat udon.
東日本版の商品で、鰹出汁メインの醤油スープに、大きな油揚げ・蒲鉾・葱等の具材が、平麺饂飩と良く合います。
from monolog
- What they grumble about
The Western Donbei is tastier than the Eastern one. I want to eat Western Donbei even here in the Tokyo area.
東のどん兵衛よりも西の方が美味しい。関東でも西のどん兵衛が食べたいです。
from monolog
- What they like
The fried tofu is sweet and delicious. The dashi flavour is firm, the aroma is good, it's delicious.
おあげが甘くて美味しいです。だしの味がしっかりしていて、香りもよくて美味しいです。
from monolog
- What they like
I love Donbei so the extra-large makes me happy! Even as a woman it's an amount I can finish easily.
どん兵衛大好きなので特盛が嬉しい！女の私でも余裕で食べれる量です。
from monolog
- What they like
Donbei after drinking is seriously good! It used to be ramen for me, but now I like Japanese-style dashi things, lol.
酒飲んだ後に食べるどん兵衛ってめっちゃ旨いっすよ！昔はラーメンとかだったけど今は和風な出汁の効いた物が好きです笑笑
from monolog
- What they grumble about
The broth is strong but has body and is tasty. Though maybe a bit high in salt? As you'd expect the extra-large left me really full. Men might rate it highly!
お出汁は濃いですが、コクがあって美味しいです。でも少し塩分強めかな？流石に特盛はかなりお腹一杯になりました😅男性は満足度高いかもしれませんね！
mentioned in 2 of 55 reviews we readfrom monolog
- What they like
I have not one complaint about Donbei's products. I can buy it with confidence and it's delicious. Kitsune udon really is the best. A product you can trust.
どん兵衛の商品に 文句はひとつもありません。安心して買えるし美味しいです。やっぱり きつねうどんは最高です。信頼できる商品です。
mentioned in 7 of 55 reviews we readfrom monolog
- What they like
The noodle size is just right, in good shape. Exactly the Donbei image you expect — the familiar taste, nostalgic.
麺の大きさも程よく、いい具合です。どん兵衛といういつものイメージ通りで、いつもの味で懐かしいです。
from kakaku.com, a Japanese price comparison site
- What they grumble about
But… this isn't something to eat at 11 pm. My body felt heavy the next day. That's on me. Donbei's not at fault, lol.
けど…夜23時に食べるもんではないな…。次の日カラダが重たかった。これは自身の反省。どん兵衛は悪くない(笑)
from monolog
- What they like
Ten-minute Donbei is delicious! One extra-large fills you up, so in a sense it's better value than the regular size, lol.
10分どん兵衛美味しい！特盛1つでおなかいっぱいになるから、普通サイズよりある意味お得かも笑
from monolog
Real quotes from the review sites named on the cards. We show no star rating from those sites.
The maker
Where it comes from
- Nissin Food Products
- Osaka
Donbei arrived in August 1976 as the first instant noodle sold in a wide tub rather than a tall cup, and it turned fifty in 2026. Nissin's own description of this cup dwells on the fried tofu: whole soybeans only, plump, and tasting of soy sauce's savoury sweetness.
Product facts here are checked against the maker's own page: nissin.com (opens in a new tab)
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