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

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* Instant baby food – dehydrated baby food was produced by Gerber and

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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 Pablum is a processed cereal for infants originally marketed and co-created by the Mead Johnson Company in 1931. The product was developed at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, to combat infant malnutrition. The trademarke ...

* Bird's Custard * Camping food *

Condensed soup Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot (but may be cool or cold), that is made by combining ingredients of meat or vegetables with stock, milk, or water. Hot soups are additionally characterized by boiling solid ...

Powdered eggs A powdered egg is a fully dehydrated egg. Most powdered eggs are made using spray drying in the same way that powdered milk is made. The major advantages of powdered eggs over fresh eggs are the reduced weight per volume of whole egg equivalent ...

* Instant gravy –

Bisto Bisto is a popular and well-known brand of gravy and other food products in the United Kingdom and Ireland, currently owned by Premier Foods. History The first Bisto product, in 1908, was a meat-flavoured gravy powder which rapidly became a best ...

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 Instant noodles, or instant ramen, is a type of food consisting of noodles sold in a precooked and dried block with flavoring powder and/or seasoning oil. The dried noodle block was originally created by flash frying cooked noodles, and this is ...

** Cup noodle ** List of instant noodle brands * Instant

oatmeal Oatmeal is a preparation of oats that have been de-husked, steamed, and flattened, or a coarse flour of hulled oat grains (groats) that have either been milled (ground) or steel-cut. Ground oats are also called white oats. Steel-cut oats are ...

– Quaker Instant Oatmeal is an example * Instant pudding * Instant

porridge Porridge is a food made by heating or boiling ground, crushed or chopped starchy plants, typically grain, in milk or water. It is often cooked or served with added flavourings such as sugar, honey, (dried) fruit or syrup to make a sweet cereal, ...

– an example is Cream of Wheat brand, which includes an instant variety in its product line * Instant rice ** Minute Rice – an instant rice brand * Instant curry ** S&B Foods - an instant curry brand * Instant soup ** Cup-a-Soup ** Portable soup *

Instant sauce Instant sauces are industrially prepared sauce mixes, typically dehydrated, used to prepare sauces. Instant sauces are typically thickened with thickening agents such as starch. List of instant sauces Some popular brands include: * Asian Home G ...

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. File:Mixed Bird's Custard.jpg, Mixed Bird's Custard File:CupSoupChicken.jpg, A prepared chicken & vegetable cup-a-soup File:Maruchan Akai Kitsune instant udon.jpg, An opened cup of an

instant noodle Instant noodles, or instant ramen, is a type of food consisting of noodles sold in a precooked and dried block with flavoring powder and/or seasoning oil. The dried noodle block was originally created by flash frying cooked noodles, and this is ...

brand that is packaged with dehydrated fried tofu File:Pure dried whole eggs from the United States of America.jpg, A box of U.S.-made

powdered eggs A powdered egg is a fully dehydrated egg. Most powdered eggs are made using spray drying in the same way that powdered milk is made. The major advantages of powdered eggs over fresh eggs are the reduced weight per volume of whole egg equivalent ...

, prepared using whole dried eggs

Beverages

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– a short-lived artificial orange juice formulated by General Foods Corporation and introduced in 1964. It was a predecessor to Tang. *

Instant breakfast Instant breakfast typically refers to breakfast food products that are manufactured in a Drying (food), powdered form, which are generally prepared with the addition of milk and then consumed as a drink.Chocolate beverages ** Hot chocolate ***

Swiss Miss Swiss Miss is a brand name for cocoa powder and pudding products invented by Charles Sanna (1917–2019) and sold by American food company Conagra Brands. History In the 1950s, the company sold its original hot cocoa Hot chocolate, also k ...

– hot chocolate ** Milo – can be prepared cold or hot **

Nesquik Nesquik is a brand of food products made by Swiss company Nestlé. In 1948, Nestlé launched a drink mix for chocolate-flavored milk called Nestlé Quik in the United States; this was released in Europe during the 1950s as ''Nesquik''. Since 1 ...

** Ovaltine * Instant coffee * Drink mix * Freeze-dried

fruit juice Juice is a drink made from the extraction or pressing of the natural liquid contained in fruit and vegetables. It can also refer to liquids that are flavored with concentrate or other biological food sources, such as meat or seafood, such as ...

s * 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 Coconut milk powder is a fine, white powder used in Southeast Asian and other cuisines. Coconut milk powder is manufactured through the spray drying process of raw unsweetened coconut cream and is reconstituted with water for use in recipes that ...

Tang Tang or TANG most often refers to: * Tang dynasty * Tang (drink mix) Tang or TANG may also refer to: Chinese states and dynasties * Jin (Chinese state) (11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) b ...

– a fruit-flavored drink that was originally formulated by General Foods Corporation food scientist William A. Mitchell in 1957. It was first marketed in powdered form in 1959. The Tang brand is owned by Mondelēz International. *

Instant tea Instant tea is a powder in which water is added, in order to reconstitute it into a cup of tea. The earliest form of instant tea was developed in the United Kingdom in 1885. A patent was granted for a paste made of concentrated tea extract, sug ...

** Instant milk tea – a mass-produced instant powder File:Starbucks instant coffee.jpg, A cup of Starbucks Instant coffee File:Ovaltine in can.jpg, Ovaltine in the can File:PowderedMilk.jpg, Powdered milk File:Prepared Tang.jpg, Prepared

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 Humanitarian daily rations (HDRs) are food rations manufactured in the United States intended to be supplied to civilians and other non-military personnel in humanitarian crises. Each is intended to serve as a single person's full daily food s ...

Individual Meal Pack The Individual Meal Pack or IMP is one type of field ration used by the Canadian Forces. The IMP is designed so that a continuous diet provides all the nutrition needed to sustain a service-person in the field. The IMP meets Canada's nutrition r ...

** Meal, Ready-to-Eat * Military rations

References

External links

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Instant Foods: Are They Good for You?
Food Network.
Natural Ready to Eat Foods
Chokhi Dhani Foods. {{DEFAULTSORT:Instant Foods, List Of * Lists of foods by type

Instant foods

Beverages

Rations

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