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How Instant Ramen Became an Overnight Success

Launched by a Japanese businessman trying to solve post-WWII hunger crisis

By Will Levith

June 10, 2016 5:00 am EDT

Instant Ramen Inventor

Momofuku Ando, 94, founder of Japan's Nissin Food Products Co., inventor of the first instant ramen brand. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images)

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