Momofuku Andō

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Momofuku Andō ( Japanese 安藤 百福 , Andō Momofuku ; born March 5, 1910 in Chiayi , Taiwan ; † January 5, 2007 in Osaka Prefecture , Japan ) was a Taiwanese-Japanese entrepreneur and inventor of instant noodles .

Life

Andō was born in 1910 to Taiwanese parents in Taiwan, which was then part of Japan. He took his first steps in business while studying as a clothing manufacturer in Osaka . In 1948 he switched to the food industry. After not being very successful at first, he achieved worldwide economic success with the invention of instant noodles and their marketing from 1958 with his food company Nissin Food Products . He ended his active professional life in 2005, until then he was the company president of Nissin.

In his autobiography, he wrote that in a city ​​destroyed by World War II , the long queue at a diner serving ramen (a Japanese noodle dish) gave him the idea of ​​quick and easy-to-prepare noodle dishes. Since then, his credo has been: "There is peace when there is enough food."

Andō was also the chairman of the International Ramen Manufacturers' Association.

Since 1999, the Momofuku Andō Museum in Ikeda , founded by Nissin Foods, has presented his life and company history.

Others

The British musician Elvis Costello named his 2008 album Momofuku after Momofuku Andō (“Remembering Momofuku Ando (1910-2007). He fed those who study.”).

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  1. ^ 105th birthday of Momofuku Ando. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Momofuku Ando, ​​96; inventor's Cup Noodle became an instant hit. January 7, 2007, accessed May 13, 2020 (American English).
  3. ↑ Dennis Hevesi: Momofuku Ando, ​​96, Dies; Invented Instant Ramen . In: The New York Times . January 9, 2007, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed May 13, 2020]).
  4. ↑ BBC News: Inventor of instant noodles dies. BBC News Asia Pacific, accessed January 8, 2007 .

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SURNAME Andō, momofuku
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 安藤 百福 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Chiayi , Taiwan
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 2007
Place of death Osaka Prefecture , Japan