Inventor of "Cup Noodle" Momofuku Ando dies at 96
3:46pm Satu
rday, January 6
OSAKA -- Momofuku Ando, inventor of the instant ramen noodle and founding chairman of Nissin Food Products Co., died of a heart attack on Friday evening. He was 96.
Born in Taiwan, Ando initially set up a trading company in Taipei before founding a wholesale company in Osaka in 1933.
Ando decided to deal in food after seeing people suffer from poor diet during World War II. Later, he built a laboratory in the garden of his home in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, and began developing instant noodles there.
By trial and error Ando found a method to dry noodles using hot oil, and finally succeeded in the development of the world's first instant noodle in 1958, called "Chicken Ramen."
The instant noodle was a big hit, and his company marketed instant "Cu
p Noodles" in 1971.
Ando opened an instant ramen museum in Ikeda in 1999, where visitors can experience the creation of instant noodles. (Mainichi)
3:46pm Satu
rday, January 6OSAKA -- Momofuku Ando, inventor of the instant ramen noodle and founding chairman of Nissin Food Products Co., died of a heart attack on Friday evening. He was 96.
Born in Taiwan, Ando initially set up a trading company in Taipei before founding a wholesale company in Osaka in 1933.
Ando decided to deal in food after seeing people suffer from poor diet during World War II. Later, he built a laboratory in the garden of his home in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, and began developing instant noodles there.
By trial and error Ando found a method to dry noodles using hot oil, and finally succeeded in the development of the world's first instant noodle in 1958, called "Chicken Ramen."
The instant noodle was a big hit, and his company marketed instant "Cu
p Noodles" in 1971.Ando opened an instant ramen museum in Ikeda in 1999, where visitors can experience the creation of instant noodles. (Mainichi)
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