Nissin Foods
Nisshin Shokuhin Holdings KK Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.
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legal form | Kabushiki kaisha |
ISIN | JP3675600005 |
founding | 1948 |
Seat | Shinjuku , Japan |
management | Kōki Andō, President and Head Dir. |
Number of employees | 12,539 (FY 2018/19) |
sales | 450 billion yen (FY 2018/19) |
Branch | food industry |
Website | www.nissinfoods-holdings.co.jp |
Nisshin Shokuhin Holdings KK ( Japanese 日 清 食品 ホ ー ル デ ィ ン グ ス 株式会社 , Nisshin shokuhin hōrudingusu kabushiki kaisha , English Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. ) is an international group of companies in the food industry headquartered in Shinjuku , Japan . Nissin was the first supplier of instant noodle dishes, which still determine the product range today.
The company was founded in 1948 by Momofuku Andō (1910-2007) as Chūkōsōsha ( 中 交 総 社 ) in Ikeda ( Osaka ). There Andō developed the world's first instant noodle dish, which came onto the market in 1958 as "Chicken Ramen". For preparation, the pre-cooked, freeze-dried noodles only had to be briefly boiled in water and supplemented with a separately packaged seasoning and flavor mixture. The model was ramen , a noodle dish widespread in Japan, which is mainly offered in specialized restaurants and snack bars. In the same year the company was renamed Nisshin Shokuhin KK ( 日 清 食品 株式会社 , English Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. ). In 1970 the first foreign subsidiary was founded in the USA , followed by numerous others in Asia , America and Europe ; today the group consists of 24 companies worldwide. In 1971, Nissin Foods introduced “Cup Noodles”, an instant noodle soup packed in a plastic cup , which does not require any cooking utensils or dishes, all that is needed is to add boiling water to the cup and wait a moment. According to the company, "Cup Noodles" had been sold a total of 25 billion times by 2006. In 2007, Nissin Foods sold over 85.7 billion ready-to-eat meals a year.
Nissin's products found numerous imitators, initially mainly in Asia. Meanwhile, the concept of "Cup Noodles" modeled on that used by food manufacturers country kitchens customized ready-made meals from freeze-dried ingredients available.
Since 1999, the Momofuko Andō Museum , founded by Nissin Foods , has been presenting Ikeda Andō's life and company history.
In 2008 the company was renamed Nisshin Shokuhin Holdings KK and Nisshin Shokuhin KK was founded as a subsidiary.
After the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan on March 11, 2011, Nissin distributed a million food boxes as well as mobile gas kitchens and drinking water in the refugee camps in the crisis regions.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Nisshin Shokuhin Holdings KK: 会 社 概要
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2019 (PDF) Retrieved June 30, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Inventor of instant noodles dies. In: BBC News. BBC News Asia Pacific, accessed January 8, 2007 .
- ↑ グ ル ー プ 沿革
- ↑ Noodle packages in crisis regions