you were never supposed to microwave it. you add boiling water so you microwave the water and then add it to the container.

Yeah I mean, you’re not supposed to microwave Styrofoam. Y’all haven’t been eating them like that right?? You’re just supposed to boil water and pour it in.

Paywalled

Our definition of cooking is not the same.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

And so when Cup Noodles, the Nissin Foods brand particularly popular because it comes in its own serving vessel, recently announced that it was changing its long-standing packaging to be microwave-safe, many fans might have paused mid-slurp.

Part of the appeal of the Cup Noodles, as opposed to those plastic-wrapped packages with the little aluminum seasoning pouches, was their portability and no-fuss prep — you could throw one in your bag to eat in the break room at work or make one in the dorm, late-night.

“So I’ve been cooking these things wrong the entire time and no one ever told me?” said a woman named Reba Lasha in a video from earlier this year in which she customizes the dish by dumping a bag of Cheetos into it.

Polystyrene contains a chemical called styrene, which the government has classified as a “reasonably anticipated human carcinogen” that can leach out during the microwaving process and into food.

Heating the foam cups in the microwave could “can also compromise the container’s structural integrity,” causing the contents to leak or spill on your appliance, or on you while you’re removing it.

Many packaged brands are crazy-high in sodium (though some come in reduced-sodium versions), including Cup Noodles, with a single serving of its classic chicken variety clocking in at 1,160 milligrams, or about half the recommended daily intake for an adult.

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