Ramen/Japanese - Nissin
Nissin Foods was founded in 1948 by the instant ramen inventer, Momofuku Ando, from a backyard workshop. In 1958, it marketed “Chicken Ramen”, the first instant ramen - at 6 times the cost of fresh Japanese noodles!
In 1970, Nissin Foods USA was established to introduce “Top Ramen” to the United States and, as the saying goes, the rest is history.
Nissin Foods is still the No. 1 maufacturer of instant food in Japan. The company manufactures products for the North American market at its two plants in California and Pennsylvania. While it does make many kinds of instant noodle oversea, the retail networks here have a relatively limited selection as of this writting.
