What's wrong with Maggi noodles?

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2024-11-07

I stopped eating Maggi several years ago when they stopped being 'chatakdar' anymore despite having 'Masala' in the name. I found Top Ramen Masala flavour to be the true masala instant noodles for me. However I had to buy Maggi Masala flavour noodles again recently as neither my local D-Mart nor The Central Supermarket had any stock of Top Ramen on that day.

I tried Maggi noodles today and it was horrible! They feel 'bland' and not at all spicy. I made some more adding a bit of salt, garam masala and red pepper and they did spiced up the noodles a bit but still couldn't satisfy my taste buds. I remember not liking Maggi years ago and am not liking them even more today. In contrast, Top ramen have that lip-smacking taste that Maggi had years ago.

Haven't tried Yippie noodles. May get some on my next trip to the supermarket. I am told that Top Ramen are in very short supply and may not be on the shelves for a long time. I am too lazy to go searching in the local shops.

Has the taste of Maggi really changed or is it just me cuz am trying it out after so many years?

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androgame

2024-11-07

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Maggi is like that since return.

Wai wai was good till 2 years back , now thats also bad (it contains MSG though).

Top ramen is best currently in the affordable segment. Although i have completely stopped eating instant noodles.

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priyanshu23

2024-11-07

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Msg being bad for health is kind of seen as a much bigger deal than it is tho, it generally safe for most of the people and there's not enough scientific evidence to support it being bad for health either sweat_smile

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TridentDG

2024-11-07

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@androgame

Yes it has little more fizz but cost is high for sugar water.

Best is still Glass Bottle for Rs12 or Rs14 in Shops. Same thing in Plastic bottle cost Rs20. joy . Business open_mouth

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androgame

2024-11-07

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@TridentDG I hardly find glass bottles around here, also there is a chance of getting a fake at local shops, so i dont risk it.
With these highly junk products i prefer buying the smallest quantity possible even if it has 100% premium markup. Because i noticed that whenever we open a packet of namkeen then it has to get finished , whether its of 10 or 20 or 50 rupees. So for health sake now i dont order 1kg bhujia packs at home (no matter how discounted they come), only 10 rupees ones, same insight for cold drinks.

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hpgramani

2024-11-07

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I like Maggie special masala's taste (red colour pack) compared to regular Maggie.

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gakarshit

2024-11-07

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maggi is shit it taste like eating chalk to me

i suggest u mix halp yippe mashalaa and top ramen noddles it taste great smile

u can even try top ramen curry noddles it taste great but a little costly 120 price for 420gram on amazon fresh right now

u can go to local relince smartbazzar they have good stock of top ramen there or buy from online bigbasket,amazon fresh but those are costlier, i buy 63 for 360gram great price

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M_K_Gandi

2024-11-07

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Noted. Will try the combination you suggested.

Thank you.

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Nav24

2024-11-07

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I too stopped maggi long back... Go with top raman or chings

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M_K_Gandi

2024-11-07

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Yes, have been eating Top Remen for a long time now. It tastes good.

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Subhodayam

2024-11-07

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@M_K_Gandi @gakarshit @Nav24 Is it ok to eat noodles once a week?

Will wat cause any health issues?

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gakarshit

2024-11-07

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once in a while is fine but don't eat them regular they dont have much nutrition in them smile

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androgame

2024-11-07

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Maggi is like that since return.

Wai wai was good till 2 years back , now thats also bad (it contains MSG though).

Top ramen is best currently in the affordable segment. Although i have completely stopped eating instant noodles.

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gakarshit

2024-11-07

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wai wai ruined too 😡

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Imharsh

2024-11-07

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Spicy means good? 😄

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M_K_Gandi

2024-11-07

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For me yes bhai. I like spicy food.

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TridentDG

2024-11-07

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Same For Cold Drinks or Cola no Fizz or Taste like before, only Sugar water.

They can't give CO2 gas for Rs90.

🙂

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androgame

2024-11-07

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Buy a can bro, big bottles are not worth , hearing that since childhood.

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stoptomove

2024-11-07

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Agreed

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mohiitt

2024-11-07

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And here I'm unable to share "maggi memes" bcoz I'm unable to upload recent images into comments, and no admin is helping... Desidime me bhi ab masala nh raha... pray 🏻

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Bhawin

2024-11-08

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gojo_sensei

2024-11-07

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i only like chings hot garlic

have never found Maggie good

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MrKool_JJ

2024-11-08

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Manchurian flavour biggrin

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Cardboard

2024-11-07

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What the hell is top ramen everyone talking about.

Never knew such noodles are present in market.

Eating Maggie once in 4-5 months.

And yes taste is not at all good like old one.

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Bhawin

2024-11-07

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stoptomove

2024-11-07

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Is it possible that they were mixing some *** ingredients, but after seeing Baba Ramdev in court they stopped their *** ingredients ??

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M_K_Gandi

2024-11-07

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Don't know. Will need to research on this.

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tgsdd

2024-11-07

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I remember the time when samples of maggi were distributed in school and we used to eat them as namkeen (ie: mixing masala and maggi and eating it raw) it really tasted yumm.

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OLDBOY

2024-11-07

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I tried yippee noodles, but I didn't like it a bit. Atta maggie is good for me. Didn't know about top ramen though , going to try this month because of you.

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M_K_Gandi

2024-11-07

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You will like if you liked Maggi of yesteryears. Ramen is very spicy.

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ABHIMANYU2.0

2024-11-07

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MSG

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jennyllwilliams

2024-11-07

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Go to your nearest VMM and try their own brand noodles once.

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M_K_Gandi

2024-11-07

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Thank you for your suggestion but it seems VMM do not have a store in Vadodara. Their noodles are priced competitively though.

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crashloop

2024-11-07

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Mix Maggie masala e magic and oregano into it to improve taste.

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saymyname78

2024-11-07

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Less lead / uncontrolled susbtances .... which leads to controlled taste .

Still maggie is the best .

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hpgramani

2024-11-07

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I like Maggie special masala's taste (red colour pack) compared to regular Maggie.

maggie

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M_K_Gandi

2024-11-07

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Never saw this in our local D-Mart. Will inquire with the local shops.

Thank you.

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Mima

2024-11-07

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I stopped eating maggi as they've been caught several times with substandered quality and lead, also nestle - maggi's owner, has been repeatedly caught selling unhealthy to dangerous food shamelessly in developing and poor countries. They also show no remorse.

They don't do that 💩 in Europe.

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Cody

2024-11-07

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top ramen curry tastes good.

Maggi taste is gone, its not same like it used to.

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jainkeval7

2024-11-07

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i like atta maggi only. Normal maida maggi taste so bad to me

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mohiitt

2024-11-07

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Nothing is wrong with any noodles nowdays, banane wale ke hath me kalaa honi chahiye...

Govinda ne kaha tha na - kiss krna bhi ek art h ek kalaa h....

Wese bhi maggi bnana ek art h ek kalaa h....

Sabziya daalo, ghar ke masale daalo, thoda butter, kasturi methi.... Fir dekho.... pray 🏻

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M_K_Gandi

2024-11-07

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Baat sahi hai apki bhai but itna sab karna hai to fir banda proper sabzi hi banale!
Instant noodles are meant to be made within as short time as possible and in this case, Top Ramen is better now as you just need to boil water, add the spicy mix and the noodles, boil for few minutes and they are eatable with good taste within 5 minutes.

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virat_7

2024-11-07

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I prefer patanjali aata noodles and yippee aata noodles more then undigestible Meggie maida ***

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saurabh89

2024-11-07

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Don't know but i have tried all taste but the taste which maggie gives me.... Is best to all of them.

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Demon_slayer

2024-11-08

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Maggi was the best in our childhood. The taste was out of the world! We used to day dream about eating Maggi again.

It was a big deal when someone brought Maggi noodles as lunch in school(I know ridiculous smile

considering how gummed up it gets after it cools down. And the effort the parents put into lunch for their children was instant noodles). It will get eaten up within minutes by your friends.

But somewhere around 2008-10, the taste changed abruptly. You can say it's not the same, this was long before the lead and msg debacle. The taste further changed for the bad after it's reintroduction.

Thankfully yippee came into the market and became our favourite. But my brother preferred Maggi so I came up with a tolerable way to make it. Still wasn't the best.

I Then tried almost all the instant noodles in the market including all the Maggie varieties, yippee varieties, Top Ramen, horlics foodles(disgusting), safola, Wai Wai, all ching varieties, knorr, regional brands etc., except Patanjali(out of principle). Even recent Korean inspired ones.

Almost all of them fall short except for yippee classic.