Pot Noodle have stirred up debate after posting a controversial video urging customers to ‘stop complaining’ about the vegetables they put in their products.
Instant noodles are meant to be simple: quick to make, tasty, and convenient, even if they’re not exactly known as a health food.
For many people, they’re the obvious choice during a rushed lunch break or on days when cooking feels like too much effort, with plenty of flavours to pick from.
Now, Pot Noodle have triggered fresh discussion on Instagram after sharing a video that effectively shows customers how to remove the vegetables from the pot — and suggests they quit moaning about them.
‘I hate veg,’ they captioned the post, while writing underneath it: “Then don’t eat it.”
The video shows someone tipping out the dehydrated veg — including sweetcorn and peas — before continuing to prepare the noodles with boiling water.
The post quickly split opinion, with commenters arguing over whether the vegetables should be included at all.
One said: “People who don’t like veg in pot noodles are honestly immature as hell. Do you also hate tomatoes in your burger?”
As another wrote: “People hate three pieces of sweetcorn and one pea?”
A third in the same vegetable camp added: “Instead of an extra veg version, you should do a triple veg version.”
Others weren’t convinced, saying the vegetables should be optional — ideally packaged separately — so people can choose whether to add them.
“Please put the veg in a little bag like the sauce so we can easily bin it, how about think of your profits save money – remove the veg,” one said in the comments.
As another added: “I don’t like how the veg can stay too chewy and bitty. I get them out too.”
A third user echoed the sentiment and wrote: “Just put it in a sachet so we don’t have these vile mushrooms and sweetcorn forced upon us.”
The brand has also joked about the same topic before. In 2025, Pot Noodle shared a TikTok titled ‘Justice for the veg’.
They said people ask them to take the vegetables out “daily”, while others insist it’s the “best bit”.
“Don’t you dare remove the veg,” one angry user wrote.
For now, it looks like the debate isn’t going away — you’re either firmly in the “keep the vegetables” camp, or you’d rather see them gone.