List of instant foods explained

This is a list of instant foods. Instant foods are convenience foods which require minimal preparation, typically just adding water or milk. Some authors define "instant" food as requiring less than five minutes of preparation and "ultra-instant food" as requiring less than one minute. Instant foods are often dehydrated, freeze-dried, or condensed.

Instant foods

• Instant baby food – dehydrated baby food was produced by Gerber and Heinz in the 1980s. Dehydrated baby food products produced by both companies consisted of dehydrated food flakes. The Gerber product never came to fruition as a widely used product; it was only test-run in Omaha, Nebraska, for around eight to nine months, and consumer adoption was not sufficient for the product to go into mass production.
  • Pablum
• Bird's Custard
• Camping food
• Condensed soup
• Powdered eggs
• Instant gravy – Bisto is a brand of powdered instant gravy that has been produced and consumed in Great Britain since 1908.
• Instant mashed potatoes
  • Smash – a brand of Instant mashed potatoes in the United Kingdom
• Instant noodle
  • Cup noodle
  • List of instant noodle brands
• Instant oatmeal – Quaker Instant Oatmeal is an example
• Instant pudding
• Instant porridge – an example is Cream of Wheat brand, which includes an instant variety in its product line
• Instant rice^{[1] [2]}
  • Minute Rice – an instant rice brand
• Instant curry
  • S&B Foods – an instant curry brand
• Instant soup
  • Cup-a-Soup^[3]
  • Portable soup
• Instant sauce mixes
• Instant tofu powder – introduced and produced circa 1966 by Japan Protein Industry (Nihon Tanpaku Kogyo), it was used at that time as a time-saver for the production of tofu. Later in 1973, a brand of instant tofu powder named Hausu Hontôfu was produced and marketed to consumers by the Hausu Foods Company.

Beverages

• Awake – a short-lived artificial orange juice formulated by General Foods Corporation and introduced in 1964. It was a predecessor to Tang.
• Instant breakfast^[4]
• Chocolate beverages
  • Hot chocolate^[5]
    • Swiss Miss – hot chocolate
  • Milo – can be prepared cold or hot
  • Nesquik
  • Ovaltine
• Instant coffee
• Drink mix^[6]
• Freeze-dried fruit juices
• Powdered milk – in a 1986 session in Moscow, Russia, the International Dairy Federation defined instant skim milk powder as qualifying for the term "instant" when no more than fifteen seconds are required for all lumps to disappear when the powder is mixed with water and stirred.
  • Coconut milk powder^[7]
• Tang – a fruit-flavored drink that was originally formulated by General Foods Corporation food scientist William A. Mitchell^[8] in 1957. It was first marketed in powdered form in 1959.^{[9] [10]} The Tang brand is owned by Mondelēz International.
• Instant tea
  • Instant milk tea – a mass-produced instant powder^[11]

Rations

• Field ration – a field ration, combat ration or ration pack is a canned or pre-packaged meal, easily prepared and eaten, transported by military troops on the battlefield.
  • Humanitarian daily ration
  • Individual Meal Pack
  • Meal, Ready-to-Eat
• Military rations

See also

• Canned food
• Convenience food
• Dehydrated food
  • Dried fruit
  • List of dried foods
• Frozen food
• Index of military food articles
• Instant hot water dispenser
• Space food
• Fast food
• List of foods
• List of smoked foods
• Snack food
  • List of snack foods
• TV Dinner

Further reading

• Book: The American Food Journal . American Food Journal, Incorporated . v. 16 . 1921 . May 23, 2017 . 11–12.
• Book: Peter, K.V. . Handbook of Herbs and Spices . CRC Press . Handbook of Herbs and Spices . v. 2 . 2004 . 978-1-85573-721-1 . May 24, 2017 . 280.
• Book: Lovegren, S. . Fashionable Food: Seven Decades of Food Fads . University of Chicago Press . 2005 . 978-0-226-49407-4 . May 23, 2017 . 228.
• Book: Davis, E.L. . Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture . Routledge . Encyclopedias of Contemporary Culture Series . 2009 . 978-0-415-77716-2 . May 24, 2017 . 385.
• Book: Solt, G. . The Untold History of Ramen: How Political Crisis in Japan Spawned a Global Food Craze . University of California Press . California Studies in Food and Culture . 2014 . 978-0-520-27756-4 . May 24, 2017 . 113.
• Web site: Mehta . Foram . New Research Shows Instant Noodles are Especially Harmful for Women . India.com . August 12, 2016 . May 24, 2017.

Notes and References

1. Book: Brown, A.C. . Understanding Food: Principles and Preparation . Cengage Learning . Available Titles CourseMate Series . 2010 . 978-0-538-73498-1 . May 28, 2017 . 351.
2. Book: Backpacker . August 2000 . Active Interest Media, Inc. . May 28, 2017 . 41.
3. Book: Wyman, C. . Better Than Homemade: Amazing Foods that Changed the Way We Eat . Quirk Books . 2004 . 978-1-931686-42-6 . May 28, 2017 . 59.
4. Book: Lantos, G.P. . Consumer Behavior in Action: Real-life Applications for Marketing Managers . Taylor & Francis . 2015 . 978-1-317-47384-8 . May 28, 2017 . 45.
5. Book: Backpacker . 1975 . Active Interest Media, Inc. . May 28, 2017 . 24.
6. Book: India Today . Living Media India Pvt. Limited . v. 10 . May 28, 2017. 1985.
7. Book: Pradeepkumar, T. . Management of Horticultural Crops . New India Publishing Agency . Horticulture Science Series . pt. 1 . 2008 . 978-81-89422-49-3 . May 28, 2017 . 569.
8. Web site: Tastemaker With a Sweet Tooth. November 2004. Steyn . Mark. .
9. Web site: Spinoff Frequently Asked Questions . https://web.archive.org/web/20061003082924/http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/spinfaq.htm . dead . 2006-10-03 . NASA.gov.
10. News: Tang breakfast drink . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . (advertisement) . February 12, 1960 . 27.
11. Book: Zeng . Z. . Wang . J. . Advances in Neural Network Research and Applications . Springer Berlin Heidelberg . Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering . 2010 . 978-3-642-12990-2 . September 22, 2017 . 894.