Instant noodles are so popular these days that even children under 6 know how to prepare them instantaneously. They come in standard packets with loveable looks complete with mighty names like ‘President' and ‘Sedap’ to annotate taste. ‘Maggi’, as many claimed, is still the best around in Malaysia.
Depending on the flour quality, instant noodles are nothing other than a processed form of food made of wheat flour (starch) and hardened with guar gum (a kind of sugar). Wet noodles can be dried using the air drying or vacuum processes.
Noodles are pretty harmless, what is dangerous are the MSG in the flavor packets that can harm people. MSG, or monosodium glutamate, is a "flavor enhancer" used to improve the taste of sweet, salty, bitter, or sour foods. Another worrisome chemical is boric acid (the Chinese Hokkien called it peng seh) found in noodles. This preservative used in the furniture industry and in medication is a banned food preservative in Malaysia. Anyone who flouts the law can be charged and fined up to RM 100,000, jailed 10 years or both. Are we are at the mercy of the manufacturers? wow…
(CAUTION: A person who consumes food with a lot of boric acid could vomit, suffer from dysentery, dermatitis, kidney failure and damage to the blood vessels.).
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