Real olive oil,
in its own sachet.
Aglio e olio has nowhere to hide — it is garlic, oil and pasta. Tangle ships this one with a separate oil sachet of olive and corn oil and a flake sachet of fried garlic and crushed red pepper, so the garlic goes in as actual pieces rather than as powder. 15g of protein and 7g of fibre in a 100g bowl.
Boiled first, then dried. Never fried.
Samyang calls it "Korea's first premium non-fried noodle, made by boiling in water before drying". Most instant noodles are dried by deep-frying the block in oil; this one is boiled for a long stretch and then dried slowly at low temperature at Samyang's Miryang factory.
The point of doing it the slow way is texture. Samyang's own description is a firm, bouncy bite closer to fresh pasta than to an instant noodle — and it is also why the fat in this bowl is 10g rather than the 15–20g a fried block carries before any sauce goes near it.
The protein is built into that noodle: wheat flour, tapioca starch, then soy protein concentrate and isolate, chickpea powder and wheat gluten. Three of the top five ingredients are there to carry protein, which is how you get 15g of it plus 7g of fibre in one bowl.
Noodle description is Samyang's own wording. Ingredient order is from Samyang America's published listing. Nutrition figures are from the manufacturer's panel for the 100g bowl.
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Three packets, added at three points.
The bowl arrives with three separate sachets, and the order matters. The oil — Samyang specifies premium Spanish olive oil, with corn oil and a green tea extract as antioxidant — and the flakes go in before the water. The powder goes in at the end, after cooking, so the aromatics do not get boiled out.
The flake sachet is the part you notice: fried garlic and crushed red pepper. Samyang describes the flavour as roasted garlic with a hint of red pepper. Real garlic pieces, not garlic powder, which is why it reads as garlic rather than as garlic seasoning.
The red pepper is a warmth rather than a heat — enough to be present, a long way from a Korean fire-noodle product. There is also oregano, black pepper and parsley in the powder, which is what pushes it toward Italian rather than Korean.
Four you would actually check.
Everything below is per bowl — one bowl is one serve, and there is one serve in the container.
Protein
15 g
Dietary fibre
7 g
Fat
10 g
Sodium
900 mg
Be aware of the sodium. At 900mg a bowl this is roughly 39% of an adult's 2300mg daily reference intake — normal for an instant meal of this kind, but it is the one number on this panel worth watching if you are having them often.
You need a microwave.
Open the lid fully and take out the three sachets. Add the oil and flakes, pour water to the inner line, and microwave for 5 minutes at 1000W — 6 minutes at 700W. Then stir the powder sachet through and eat.
No stove and no pot to wash, but this is not a kettle-only product: the cooking happens in the microwave, so check you have one before you order a box of them.
Vegan Certified (dairy free, meat free) and Halal certified, both per Samyang. It contains wheat, soybean, sesame, tree nuts (coconut) — the noodle is wheat flour and wheat gluten, so it is not gluten free.
Directions above are Samyang's own. Follow whatever is printed on the bowl you receive — it takes precedence over this page.
Wherever there is a microwave.
The office kitchen
Five minutes in the shared microwave and lunch is done. One bowl, no plate, nothing to wash up.
Late and tired
The slot that usually goes to delivery. This lands closer to a meal, for a fifth of the price.
The cupboard backstop
Shelf stable and self-contained. The thing you keep for the night nothing was planned.
It is a convenience meal, and it is honest about that. 15g of protein and 7g of fibre is a genuinely strong showing for the category — the sodium is the trade-off you are accepting.
Against what else is in the cupboard.
A packet of instant ramen
Cheaper, faster, and it will do the job. The difference is on the panel: a standard packet gives you well under half this protein and a fraction of the fibre. You are paying for 15g of protein and 7g of fibre, not for the convenience — the convenience is much the same.
Cooking actual pasta
Better, obviously, and cheaper again. It also needs a pot, a colander, a stove and fifteen minutes you may not have. The honest case for this bowl is the nights when the realistic alternative was not homemade pasta.
Tangle Creamy Mushroom
The other bowl in the range, same price and same 15g protein and 7g fibre. Creamy Mushroom is the creamier, rounder one; this one is the sharper, oilier one. Most people end up keeping both in the cupboard.
Protein and fibre figures for other instant noodles are a general market range, not a measurement of a specific competitor — check the panel on whatever you are comparing.
One sealed bowl, three sachets inside.
A single 100g bowl holding the noodle and its three sachets, sealed and shelf stable. No fridge and no extra ingredients — just water and a microwave.
The bowl is the cooking vessel and the plate, so there is nothing to wash afterwards.
Same price, same protein, different sauce.
Questions answered.
Is it vegan?
Yes — Samyang lists it as "Vegan Certified (dairy free, meat free)" on the Tangle brand site, and it is Halal certified as well. Worth knowing if you read ingredient lists closely: the seasoning contains artificial chicken flavour and artificial milk flavour. Those are synthetic flavourings rather than animal-derived ingredients, which is why the certification stands. As a sanity check, the Garlic Shrimp flavour in the same range is not marked vegan — the label is applied deliberately, not across the board.
Do I need a microwave?
Yes. The directions are: remove the three sachets, add the oil and flakes, pour water to the inner line, microwave 5 minutes at 1000W (6 minutes at 700W), then stir the powder through. It is not a hot-water-only product.
Where does the protein come from?
A blend. In the noodle, soy protein concentrate and isolate come third in the ingredient list, followed by chickpea powder and wheat gluten. The front of pack leads with chickpea, but soy is doing most of the work.
Is it gluten free?
No. The noodle is wheat flour and wheat gluten, and wheat is a declared allergen. Not suitable for coeliac or gluten-free diets.
What allergens are declared?
Wheat, Soybean, Sesame, Tree nuts (coconut). Note that coconut is declared as a tree nut on this pack because that is how the United States classifies it — under the Australian and New Zealand food standards coconut is not a tree nut. If you have a tree nut allergy, the relevant ingredient here is coconut oil.
How much sodium is in it?
900 mg a bowl, or about 39% of an adult's 2300mg daily reference intake. That is typical for an instant meal, but it is a real number and we would rather you saw it here than found it later.
Is it spicy?
Barely. The flake sachet contains crushed red pepper and the powder contains a little oleoresin capsicum, which together read as warmth rather than heat. If you want none at all, the Creamy Mushroom has no chilli in it.
Shipping & Returns
- Dispatched from our Sydney warehouse within 24 hours on business days
- Sent with Australia Post, Australia-wide
- Standard shipping $15, Express $20, free on orders of $100 or more
- If an item arrives damaged, faulty or incorrect, we cover return postage and send a replacement or refund
- For change-of-mind returns, return postage is covered by you. Please contact us first
This is in addition to your rights under the Australian Consumer Law.
Garlic Oil, in full.
Nutrition Information
Servings per package: 1 · Serving size: 100 g (1 bowl)
| Average quantity | Per bowl | Per 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 1674 kJ | 1674 kJ |
| Calories | 400 | 400 |
| Protein | 15 g | 15 g |
| Fat, total | 10 g | 10 g |
| Saturated | 2 g | 2 g |
| Trans | 0 g | 0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 65 g | 65 g |
| Sugars | 4 g | 4 g |
| Dietary fibre | 7 g | 7 g |
| Sodium | 900 mg | 900 mg |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | 0 mg |
Also declared per bowl: vitamin D 1.1 mcg, calcium 50 mg, iron 1.9 mg, potassium 200 mg. Nutrition figures are from the manufacturer's panel; per-100g values are converted from it. Ingredient, allergen and certification details are as published by Samyang for this product.
Spanish olive oil, roasted garlic, five minutes.
- Dispatched within 24 hours
- Made in Korea by Samyang
- Sent with Australia Post
