The small, but tasty, Jade Pearl Rice Ramen

In your search of a better tasting instant noodle you may have come across a brand called Lotus Foods. They sell a variety of rice and rice-based noodle products. Their noodles come in small colorful packets and include flavors like Millet & Brown, Forbidden, Jade Pearl, and Buckwheat Shiitake.

Lotus Foods is the type of company focused on producing the highest quality organic rice and noodles. They advocate for human and environmental welfare by sourcing smaller farmers, pay premium prices for crops, building community, and promoting regenerative farming practices. So they have that going for them, which is nice.

But of all their noodles offerings, the Jade Pearl Rice Ramen are probably their best and most memorable. The noodles contain bamboo extract and the packet makes a miso soup broth that tastes amazing.

Jade Pearl noodles and white miso and seaweed packet

Jade Pearl Rice Ramen with Wakame Miso Soup

Jade Pearl is an instant noodle ramen from Lotus Foods. The noodles are made from brown and white rice flour and so are, naturally, gluten-free. The noodles are also vegan! The rice is infused with a wild-crafted bamboo extract, giving the noodles a somewhat of a bamboo forest scent.

The soup broth is made from miso powder and Wakame seaweed. Its aroma is very appetizing and tastes every bit as good as the miso soup you find in your local sushi restaurants. That’s a bold statement, I know. But it’s true!

But there is another nice thing about Jade Pearl Ramen that you don’t get with other pre-packaged food. You can pronounce everything in the ingredient list.

Ingredients: Ramen: brown rice flour, white rice flour, bamboo extract. Soup Pack: white miso powder (soybeans, rice, salt), soybeans powder, salt, onion powder, tamari powder (soybeans, rice, salt), dried Wakame seaweed, dried parsley.

Jade Pearl Rice Ramen with wakame miso soup, sweet potato, and green peas

There’s nothing artificial about Jade Pearl Rice Ramen. For those of us looking for a healthier instant noodle, these are about as good as you’re going to find. The only way to go beyond these are to buy freshly made noodles and add all the other ingredients yourself.

Final Words

So, yea. These noodles taste great. There’s no argument against that. But one thing you might feel disappointed with is how small the package is. The entire noodle packet is only 2.8 ounces, or 80 grams. That’s about half the size of the Buldak spicy noodles from Samyang Foods.

Jade Pearl Rice Ramen & Miso Soup

Rice-based noodles in a white miso and seaweed broth. Tastes amazing by itself but also great when paired with your favorite vegetables!

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You might feel like a putz for being swindled into purchasing a noodle that costs the same as other big-name noodles and yet is half the size.

One thing you could do is use two packs of Jade Pearl noodles with a single miso packet. This would be the easiest thing to do if all you want is the noodles. However, you could just add more protein and vegetables.

Cut up a big sweet potato and add some frozen peas to your noodles. You could also fry up some tofu to turn the noodles into a full meal. Don’t just bitch and complain about how small your package is. Get creative with it!