Remembered for founding the Nissin Food Products Company, this Taiwanese-Japanese businessman played a key role in the invention of instant ramen noodles.
He opened a textiles Business in his early twenties and went on to study economics at Ritsumeikan University. His first instant noodles product made its debut in 1958.
The Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum was established in his honor.
Born and raised in Taiwan, he later settled in Osaka, Japan. He and his wife Masako raised children named Hirotoshi, Koki, and Akemi.
He and Chun King company founder Jeno Paulucci both developed successful, mass-produced Asian food products.
