Momofuku Ando, Japanese inventor of Ramen noodles, dies at 96 - International Herald Tribune
TOKYO: Momofuku Ando, the Japanese inventor of instant noodles, has died, according to Nissin Food Products Co., the company he founded. He was 96.
Ando died of a heart attack on Friday, Nissin said in a statement posted Saturday on its corporate Web site.
He was born in Taiwan in 1910, when the island was under Japanese colonial rule. He moved to Japan in 1933, according to Japan's daily Mainichi newspaper.
Faced with food shortages in post World War II Japan, Ando developed the idea that a quality, convenient noodle product would help feed the masses. He founded Nissin in 1948.
In 1958, "Chicken Ramen," the first instant noodle product, was introduced after many trials. Following its success, the company continued to add innovative products, including "Cup Noodle" in 1971.
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have some respect fergodsakes.
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jan2007/gb20070107_284281.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives
... made the 48-year-old a rags-to-riches celebrity in Japan.
"A lot of people say it was a late start, but in life there's no such thing," he wrote in his memoir Mahou No Ramen Hatsumei Monogatari (The Invention of the Magic Ramen).
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