Only glutamate and empty calories? An Asian ready meal impresses the ARD testers. If you can afford it, you should dig a little deeper into your pockets - even if you don't want to do without instant ramen noodles, you can improve them with peanut butter or a trick, says nutrition expert Britta Schautz.

The bottom line is the red Thai chicken performed best in the ARd test - especially when it comes to the ingredients in the boxes, according to the testers. The testers emphasized that all of the dishes were not authentically Asian.