Lesson 2: Sharing

The Man Who Invented Instant Noodle

Momofuko Ando, he was a Japanese-Taiwanese business man. born on March 5th 1910 died on January 5th 2007. Founder Nissin Food Products co. ltd, and the inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles.

Ando was born in Taiwan, and moved to Osaka, started to make salt, then became a citizen of Japan. He was in jail for two years because of tax evasion. After World War 2, Japan was in food crisis. Ministry of health in Japan urge the citizen of Japan to eat bread out of meat flour provided from America, but Ando thinks noodle should be more familiar to the citizen of Japan compare to bread. So there was his idea.

After many trials and error, Ando introduced the first precooked instant noodle called Chikin Ramen. On September 18 1971, he introduced the first cup noodle, called "Kapura Nodura". It was a booming business.

Thanks to him, i can enjoy noodles when im hungry.