> And anyway wouldn't something like bulk rice or porridge be cheaper?

But would it be healthier? A giant lump of carb laced with arsenic?

Obesity has nothing to do with what you eat but with how much of it you eat.

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The point is that stuff like crisps is way cheaper than it should be, making it an option for poor people when stretching their budget. I hope people don't actually eat it for dinner ;) Noodle soup is healthier but still not healthy. Most cheap noodles soups are full of the "wrong" kinds of fats and sugar.

> And wouldn't noodlesoup be even cheaper, and healtier too?

That would depend on if the crisps were fried in transfats. Otherwise they both end up as a ball of diabetes-causing carb covered in salt.