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Instant Ramen packaging

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“Mankind is noodlekind.” — Momofuku Ando Today, about 100 billion servings of instant noodles are consumed a year around the world. Previous chairman of the World Instant Noodles Association Ando invented instant ramen in 1958 Japan. Visit the Cupnoodles Museum in Yokohama and Osaka Ikeda, Japan, cupnoodles-museum.jp for more info. These designs from Korea and Japan show early packages, combining bold graphics with see-through bang that makes the curly noodle texture a major feature of the product and packaging.