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![Wendyl wants to know: Fast noodles a cocktail of artificial additives](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Fast noodles a cocktail of artificial additives
Instant noodles are the one food I would ban from the supermarkets if anyone cared to let me.
![Wendyl wants to know: Quick meal is a beefier banger for your buck](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Quick meal is a beefier banger for your buck
Sausages are always a bit of a gamble. How much meat is in them? Which meat? And what is the rest of the sausage made of?
![Wendyl wants to know: Sure, it's white coffee - but not as we know it](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Sure, it's white coffee - but not as we know it
The word "easy" features on this new product's packet five times. The idea seems to be that instead of making an instant coffee and adding milk and sugar, it's all done for you in one of these sachets.
![Wendyl wants to know: Defrost and eat or get Nigella to help you out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Defrost and eat or get Nigella to help you out
I have yet to meet a child who doesn't like a frozen cheesecake and, to be honest, they are very easy to prepare.
![Wendyl wants to know: Key to sugar rush hides in pancake ready mix](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Key to sugar rush hides in pancake ready mix
Kids just love freshly cooked pancakes and they make a lovely family breakfast in the weekend served with maple syrup, lemon and sugar or fresh berries and yoghurt.
![Wendyl wants to know: Something fishy about this classic condiment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Something fishy about this classic condiment
This is a very old-fashioned type of product which harks back to the very British- inspired lifestyle when you would have fish paste sandwiches in your lunch box.
![Wendyl wants to know: Iconic treat mash-up is a tingling leap of faith](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Iconic treat mash-up is a tingling leap of faith
This bar falls under the "everybody's talking about it" category as it was launched last week with a television ad involving a Whittaker's van crashing into the Paeroa L&P bottle.
![Wendyl wants to know: Nifty pack idea for sugary biscuit treat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Nifty pack idea for sugary biscuit treat
I have resisted looking at Tim Tams since I began this column for the very selfish reason that I really like them and what you don't know, can't hurt you.
![Wendyl wants to know: Fresh beef for thrift but convenience is canned](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Fresh beef for thrift but convenience is canned
Buying meat in a can is something we used to do more when it was harder to get fresh meat every day.
![Wendyl wants to know: Jury out on drinks containing probiotics](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Jury out on drinks containing probiotics
I recently returned from China with some "issues" in the digestive department. I self-diagnosed my problem as having a deficit of good bacteria in my gut and so scanned the supermarket shelves for a product which might change the microflora balance.
![Wendyl wants to know: Jar of Fluff sets off sugar alarms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Jar of Fluff sets off sugar alarms
I am using this jar of Strawberry Marshmallow Fluff to christen a new food category for my column called "Loud and Proud".
![Wendyl wants to know: Mamma mia, it just isn't like real lasagne](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Mamma mia, it just isn't like real lasagne
I've never come across these before but I'm told that Lasagne Toppers, which are the big version of these, are very popular.
![Wendyl wants to know: A littlies' sweet treat without the guilt trip](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: A littlies' sweet treat without the guilt trip
When it comes to sweets and lollies we all know that too many are bad for us and our kids.
![Wendyl wants to know: Choc rice cakes great snack](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Choc rice cakes great snack
I've been starting to feel like the food Grinch lately as my column has relentlessly pursued high-sugar foods.
![Wendyl wants to know: Sauce low in fat but high in sugar](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Sauce low in fat but high in sugar
Jars of sauces like this can mean that dinner is on the table in a matter of minutes. Just fry some meat, at the sauce and heat until hot.
![Wendyl wants to know to know: Cranberry drink has as much sugar as Mars bar](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know to know: Cranberry drink has as much sugar as Mars bar
When I reviewed Super Juice and found it had more sugar in it then Coca Cola, the reaction was one of shock as people absorbed the knowledge that something we always thought was healthy - fruit juice - can contain such a mother load of sugar.
![Wendyl wants to know: Instant meal brimming with hefty dose of salt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Instant meal brimming with hefty dose of salt
My mission this week was to find instant noodles that my daughter could eat because, apparently, being the daughter of the "processed food lady" is boring, limiting and completely unfair.
![Wendyl wants to know: If you want real food in soup, look elsewhere](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: If you want real food in soup, look elsewhere
There's no beef in this beef soup because as it quite rightly says on the packet, it is beef "flavoured" soup. Which is why there are 24 ingredients to make you think you're sipping beef soup which came from the carcass of an animal.
![Wendyl wants to know: Yoghurt suckies easy snack, but high in sugar](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Yoghurt suckies easy snack, but high in sugar
Putting food into tubes that children can suck seems to be the latest marketing idea for food manufacturers.
![Wendyl wants to know: Sweet drink has two additives banned in US](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Sweet drink has two additives banned in US
Two additives that have been banned in the United States should send any consumer running, writes Wendyl Nissen.
![Wendyl wants to know: Not-so-fast convenient food](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl wants to know: Not-so-fast convenient food
Each week, Wendyl Nissen takes a packaged food item and decodes what the label tells you about its contents
![Wendyl Wants to Know: 'Healthy' drink triggers unhealthy sugar alert](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Wendyl Wants to Know: 'Healthy' drink triggers unhealthy sugar alert
Wendyl Nissen discovers that there is more sugar in this 'super juice' per 250ml than there is in Coke.