Instant Noodles Changed The World, Part One: An Origin Story

Ridiculous History

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🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Today, instant noodles are ubiquitous. You can find them in almost every grocery store, in any number of flavors sold by any number of brands -- but where did they come from? In part one of this two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max dive into the story of Momofuku Ando, and how a sudden realization in post-WWII Japan inspired an idea that would go on to change the world.

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