He nest instant noodles died

Momofuku Ando, ​​the inventor of instant noodles, founder of Nissin Food Company, passed away yesterday at a hospital in Ikeda, Osaka (Japan) because of heart disease, aged 96 years.

Born on March 5, 1910 in Taiwan, Momofuku Ando started his career by running many garment companies and other companies in Taipei and Osaka. In 1948, he founded Nissin's predecessor company now.

In 1958, he invented the world's first instant noodle product after witnessing a line of people waiting to buy fresh ' ramen ' noodles at a black market during a food shortage after World War I. two.

After his chicken noodle products became popular in 1958 despite the high price of this product (35) yen, he launched instant noodles in 1971. The product was then Quickly gaining popularity around the world. In 1999, Ando opened a museum of instant noodles in Osaka.

Last July, Ando's food production company Nissin introduced instant noodles adapted to space conditions because it could be cooked at 70 ^degrees Celsius and not suspended. With this type of noodles, astronauts can use a fork (no straw is needed) to eat noodles and can shred noodles in zero gravity.

"King of instant noodles" Momofuku Ando (Photo: AP / Kyodo News)

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