Ramen Noodles

For my first food review what better than:
Ramen Noodles!

Taste: Thumbs Up -The main flavor (regardless of what flavor claim the package might say - shrimp, chicken, vegetable) in Ramen Noodles is salt - or sodium. There is no denying, sodium is savory and tasty. Adding salt to foods brings out the natural flavors which is always good for taste. But there isn't much else to the taste than salty!

Nutrition: Many Thumbs Down - Here are the details according to the USDA nutrient database in one package of Ramen Noodles:
371 Calories - appropriate for a meal
8.9 grams Protein - on the lower side for the amount of calories
13.29 grams Fat (6 g Saturated Fat) - ridiculous - almost half of the fat is saturated? That makes almost 120 of the total calories from fat.
53.9 grams Carbohydrate - Here is the bulk of where the calories come from. Definitely not from fiber or whole grains in this case.
1731 mg Sodium - That's almost the recommended daily intake of 2000mg of sodium in one package! That means you would only have 269 mg of sodium left for the rest of the day. Trust me, that doesn't go far!
Ingredient List: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Vegetable Oil (Contains One Or More Of The Following: Canola, Cottonseed, Palm), Preserved By Tbhq, Salt, Potassium Carbonate, Soy Sauce (Water, Wheat, Soybeans, Salt), Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Carbonate, Turmeric. Soup Base Ingredients: Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Salt, Food Starch Modified, Sugar, Monosodium Glutamate, Dehydrated Vegetables (Onion, Garlic, Parsley), Chicken Broth, Hydrolyzed Corn, Wheat And Soy Protein, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Spices, Xanthan Gum, Turmeric, Artificial Flavor, Sodium Caseinate, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate.
Too long and too many things that I can't pronounce = not healthy!

Cost: Thumbs Up: Ramen noodles is notorious for being ridiculously cheap. However, while I give that a thumbs up, in all reality no packaged food that can be considered an entire meal should be as cheap as Ramen Noodles.

Time: Thumbs Up - To make the noodles as directed in the package all that is required is getting water to a boil and waiting 3 minutes. Not many meals cook faster than Ramen Noodles.

Overall Rating: Thumbs Down (obviously!) - While yes, I gave more thumbs up than thumbs down for this one, the terrible ingredients and amount of fat and sodium in Ramen Noodles is overwhelming and eliminates how cheap, tasty and easy they are.