Food Science & Cooking · Recorded milestone
Instant noodles
Recorded year1958
Momofuku Ando of Nissin sells Chikin Ramen, flash-fried noodles ready in minutes with hot water; over 100 billion servings are now eaten a year.
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.