Cooks have blasted Uncle Ben's for selling microwaveable rice pouches that they claim don't fit in the microwave.

The pouches by the convenience rice manufacturer cannot stand up in the devices because they are 'too tall,' according to connoisseurs of Uncle Ben's products on Reddit.

The discussion began after a user slammed Uncle Ben's for making pouches that cannot stand upright in a microwave - and it soon went viral after hundreds said they'd had the same problem.

Some cooks on Reddit say Uncle Ben's pouches are too tall for the microwave when standing upright

User TheSquireOfTheShire posted in the subreddit group r/britishproblems: 'Uncle Ben if you're listening... your god damn rice pouches are too damn tall for my god damn microwave [sic]!'

Hundreds agreed that the microwaveable pouches are too tall to stand up in the microwave.

But Uncle Ben's say that the pouches can also be cooked on their side or by microwaving the rice in a bowl, so it could be customers that are in the wrong.

Have YOU experienced this problem? Some say the pouches are too tall for the microwave - but they can also be microwaved on their sides

A spokesman for Mars, which owns Uncle Ben's, told FEMAIL: '‘There are almost as many ways to cook our ready to heat rice as there are flavours – whatever the size of your microwave.

'You can cook the pouches standing up or laying down and you can microwave the rice in a bowl.

'You can also heat it in a pan or empty the packet directly into a stir fry, just make sure that the rice is hot before serving’.'

One user jokingly said the fact the pouches could not be microwaved upright was 'inconsiderate'.

Others said they would never use microwave rice, preferring to cook theirs traditionally in a pan with boiling water.