Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. (日清食品ホールディングス株式会社) is a Japanese food company. Founded in 1948 by Momofuku Ando in Izumiōtsu, Osaka, it owns Nissin Food Products, Nissin Chilled Foods, Nissin Frozen Foods, and Myojo Foods. It is known for development of the world's first marketed brand of instant noodles, Chicken Ramen, and produces other instant noodle products, including Cup Noodles, Yakisoba U.F.O., and Demae Ramen.
History
Founding and early years
The company was founded in Japan on 1 September 1948, by Taiwanese-Japanese immigrant Go Pek-Hok (Japanese name Momofuku Ando) (1910-2007) as Chuko Sosha (中交総社).[2] Ten years later, the company introduced its first instant ramen noodle product, Chikin Ramen (Chicken Ramen). Soon after, the company changed its name to Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. (日清食品株式会社). The company established a U.S. subsidiary, Nissin Foods, in 1970, and began selling instant ramen noodle products under the Japan Instant Noodle Bureau and