Nissin Foods

{{About|the food company established in 1958|Nissin Seifun Werna, a food company founded in 2001, known as Nissin Foods until 2022|Nisshin Seifun Group}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.

| native_name = 日清食品ホールディングス株式会社

| romanized_name = Nisshin Shokuhin Hōrudingusu

| logo = Nissin FH Logo.svg

| image = Nisshin Foods Head Office.jpg

| image_caption = Headquarters in Osaka, Japan

| type = Public

| traded_as = {{tyo|2897}}
{{sehk|1475}}

| former_names = Chuko Shosha Co., Ltd. (1948-1949)
Sunsea Shokusan Co., Ltd. (1949-1958)
Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. (1958-2008)

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1948|09|04}} in Izumiotsu, Osaka, Japan

| founder = Momofuku Ando (Go-Pek-Hok)

| location = Osaka HQ: 1-1, Nishi-Nakajima Yonchome, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan
Tokyo: 28-1, Shinjuku Rokuchome, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

| area_served = Worldwide

| industry = Food production

| key_people = Koki Ando
(President and CEO)
Noritaka Ando
(Vice president and COO)

| revenue = {{increase}} ¥468.7 billion (March 2020){{cite web|url=https://cdn.nissin.com/gr-documents/attachments/news_posts/8659/6bfe93dd0dba1cfb/original/20200511_ENG.pdf?1589154427&_ga=2.1738225.1521017210.1596097377-23499972.1596097377|title=Summary of Consolidated Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2020|format=PDF|publisher=Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.|date=May 11, 2020}}

| operating_income = {{increase}} ¥17.6 billion (March 2020)

| net_income = {{increase}} ¥17.3 billion (March 2020)

| assets = {{increase}} ¥369.9 billion (March 2020)

| equity = {{increase}} ¥226.7 billion (March 2020)

| num_employees = 7,505 (as of March 31, 2020)

| subsid = Nissin Food Products
Nissin Cisco
Nissin Frozen Foods
Nissin Chilled Foods
Myojo Foods
Bruce Foods

| website = {{URL|https://www.nissin.com/}}

}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.

| native_name = 日清食品株式会社

| romanized_name = Nisshinshokuhin kabushiki-gaisha

| logo = File:Nissin Food Logo (ja).svg

| type = Subsidiary

| foundation = {{Start date and age|2008|10|01}} (to take over the instant food business from the former Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.)

| location = 28-1, Shinjuku Rokuchome

| location_city = ,Shinjuku, Tokyo

| location_country = Japan

| area_served = Worldwide

| industry = Food industry

| key_people = Noritaka Ando
(President)

| parent = Nissin Foods Holdings

}}

{{Nihongo|Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.|日清食品ホールディングス株式会社|Nisshin Shokuhin Hōrudingusu kabushiki gaisha}} 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 {{nihongo|Chuko Sosha|中交総社|Chuukou-sousha}}.{{cite news |last1= Hevesi |first1=Dennis|title=Momofuku Ando, 96, Dies; Invented Instant Ramen|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/09/business/worldbusiness/09ando.html |newspaper= The New York Times|date=9 January 2007}} Ten years later, the company introduced its first instant ramen noodle product, Chikin Ramen (Chicken Ramen). Soon after, the company changed its name to {{nihongo |Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.|日清食品株式会社|Nisshin Shokuhin Kabushiki-gaisha}}. 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 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries name Top Ramen in 1972. Nissin Chikin Ramen (1958) and Cup Noodles (1971) were both invented by Momofuku Ando.{{cite web|url= http://www.nissinfoods.co.jp/english/corp/history.html|title=日清食品グループ| publisher = Nissin foods | place = JP}}{{cite web|url= http://www.nissinfoods.co.jp/english/corp/biz.html |title= 日清食品グループ|website= Nissin foods | place = JP}} Nissin Foods is headquartered in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka."[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-3836016/Nissin-Food-group-net-profit.html Nissin Food group net profit up 6.6% in 1st half.]" Japan Weekly Monitor. November 12, 1984. Retrieved on March 5, 2010. "On an unconsolidated basis, the Osaka-based firm recorded a 194.4% jump to 5.46.""[http://www.nissinfoods-holdings.co.jp/english/corp/over.html Company Profile]." Nissin Foods. Retrieved on March 5, 2010.

=Recent years and expansion=

The company moved to its current headquarters in 1977, when the construction of the building was completed."[http://www.nissin-foods.de/Geschichte.36.0.html?&L=1 History] {{Webarchive|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120301111544/http://www.nissin-foods.de/Geschichte.36.0.html?&L=1 |date=2012-03-01 }}." Nissin Foods Germany. Retrieved on 5 March 2010.

In 2007, Myojo Foods Co., Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Nissin Foods.{{cite web |title=History |publisher=Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. |url= http://www.nissinfoods-holdings.co.jp/english/about/history/ }} On January 5, 2007, Nissin founder Momofuku Ando died at the age of 96.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-07-me-ando7-story.html|title=Momofuku Ando, 96; inventor's Cup Noodle became an instant hit|first1=Bruce|last1=Wallace|website=Los Angeles Times|date=2007-01-07|access-date=2024-07-15|quote=Momofuku Ando, a Japanese businessman whose later-in-life invention of instant noodles revolutionized how we eat one of the world’s oldest foods, died Friday of heart failure in an Osaka-area hospital. He was 96.}}

In May 2011, Nissin announced a capital and business alliance with confectionery producer Frente Co., Ltd. In September 2011, the Cup Noodles museum opened in Yokohama, exhibiting the full spectrum of Momofuku Ando's vision.

An agreement with Turkey's largest consumer goods manufacturing group was reached in September 2013, resulting in the creation of Nissin Yildiz Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.

March 2014 saw the opening of The Wave, a new Japan-based R&D center, aimed at creating "a wave of the most advanced food technologies". The building has been honored with the Good Design Award.{{cite web | work = G mark |url =http://www.g-mark.org/award/describe/41597?locale=en |title= R&D center [Nissin Foods Group the Wave] |access-date=July 30, 2020}}

Worldwide sales of Cup Noodles reached 40 billion servings in 2016; 70% of total sales were accumulated outside Japan.{{cite web|website=The Japan Times|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/22/reference/cup-noodles-slurping-strong-45-years/|publisher=The Japan Times, Ltd.|date=22 August 2016|access-date=17 July 2024|title=Cup Noodles slurping strong, 45 years on|first1=Shusuke|last1=Mirai|quote=Since its debut in 1971, more than 40 billion packages of the popular instant ramen had been sold as of May, according to Cup Noodles manufacturer Nissin Food Products Co. The product is now sold in more than 80 countries, with sales outside Japan occupying roughly 70 percent of the total in 2015 in terms of volume.}}

Name

According to the company,{{cite web|title=日清食品の社名の由来を教えてください。|url=https://faq.nissin.com/faq/faq_detail.html?id=542&category=147&page=1|website=Nissin Foods|publisher=Nissin Group|access-date=May 28, 2018}} the name 'Nissin' originates as an abbreviated form of the expression 「日々清らかに豊かな味をつくる」 (Hibi kiyoraka ni yutakana aji o tsukuru), coined by company founder Momofuku Ando, and representing his desire for the company. The expression can be loosely translated as "Day after day purely create great taste".

Facilities and regions

Nissin Foods has established offices and factories in various locations, such as the United States (since 1972),{{cite web|url=https://nissinfoods.com/our-story.html|title=Nissin Gardena California USA Retrieved on October 9, 2019}} Brazil (since 1981),[http://www.nissin.com.br/sobre-nos]. Nissin do Brasil. Retrieved on 25 December 2023 {{in lang|pt}} Hong Kong (since 1985),{{cite web|url=http://www.nissinfoods.com.hk/01_info/01_2_history.html|title=Nissin Hong Kong - official history}} India (since 1988),{{cite web|url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/NISSIN-FOODS-INDIA-LIMITED/U52209KA2009FLC049182|title=Nissin Food India Limited Company Directors, etc.}} Hungary (since 1993),{{cite web|url=http://www.nissinfoods.com.hk/01_info/01_2_history.html|title=Nissin - official history}} Germany (since 1993),[http://www.nissin-foods.de/Geschichte.36.0.html Nissin Food Germany - History], Germany Thailand (since 1994),{{cite web|url=http://www.nissinthailand.com/profile.html|title=Nissin Thailand - company profile|access-date=2009-12-01|archive-date=2010-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109214719/http://www.nissinthailand.com/profile.html|url-status=dead}} China (since 1995),{{cite web|url=http://www.nissinfoods.com.cn/about_nissin.html|title=Nissin China - History}} the Philippines (since 1997){{cite web|url=https://www.urc.com.ph/products/philippines/ph-nissin|title=Nissin - Universal Robina Corporation}} and Mexico (since 2000).[http://www.nissinfood.com.mx/historia.html Nissin Mexico - History] {{in lang|es}} In 2013, Makarneks, the Turkish equivalent to Cup Noodles, was introduced. Nissin's products are sold in more than 80 countries worldwide.

Products

=Instant noodles=

Nissin Top Ramen
Nissin Chikin Ramen
Nissin Cup Noodles
Nissin UFO Yakisoba
Doll Brand - created by Winner Food Products Limited (est. 1968), a subsidiary of Nissin since 1984
Chow Mein{{cite web |url=http://www.nissinfoods.com/chowmein/ |title=Nissin Foods- Chow Mein |author=Nissin |date=February 7, 2007 |publisher=Nissin Foods (USA) Co., Inc |access-date=January 1, 2012}}
Chow Noodle {{cite web |title=Nissin Foods - Chow Pasta |url=http://www.nissinfoods.com/chownoodles/ |author=Nissin |date=May 15, 2009 |access-date=January 1, 2012 |archive-date=April 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415232308/http://www.nissinfoods.com/chownoodles |url-status=dead }}
Bowl Noodles, Rich and Savory, and Hot And Spicy{{cite web |title=Nissin Foods - Souper Meal |url=http://www.nissinfoods.com/soupermeal/ |work=Nissin |access-date=January 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517054652/http://www.nissinfoods.com/bowlnoodles/rich-savory/ |archive-date=May 17, 2009}}{{cite web |title=Nissin Foods - Bowl Foods Hot & Spicy |url=http://www.nissinfoods.com/bowlnoodles/hot-spicy/ |work=Nissin |access-date=January 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515191039/http://www.nissinfoods.com/bowlnoodles/hot-spicy/ |archive-date=May 15, 2009 |date=May 15, 2009}}
Spice Route Bowl and Boxes, Sichuan, Korean, and Thai{{cite web|title=Nissin HK|url=http://www.nissinfoods.com.hk/02_products/02_index.html?type=0&item=3|access-date=January 2, 2012|archive-date=May 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513183017/http://www.nissinfoods.com.hk/02_products/02_index.html?type=0&item=3|url-status=dead}}
NuPasta Bowls and bags
Kitsune udon
Demae Ramen

=Demae Ramen=

Demae Ramen or Demae Itcho ({{langx|ja|出前一丁|lit=delivery one order}}; {{Zh|cy=Chēutchìhn Yātdīng}} {{cite web |title=makanai, demae, shidashi | Japanese-English dictionary |url=http://www.eudict.com/?lang=japeng&word=makanai,%20demae,%20shidashi |access-date=November 17, 2012 |publisher=EUdict}}) was first introduced in Japan in 1969 and entered the market in Hong Kong the next year. Since then, it has become one of the most popular instant noodle brands in Hong Kong, with a wide range of flavours.{{cite web|url=http://www.japanstyle.info/02/entry3928.html|title=Japan's Demae Ramen Rocks in Hong Kong

|work=japanstyle.info|date=February 6, 2010|access-date=October 28, 2012}}

Criticism

Nissin Foods have been criticized for using palm oil suppliers responsible for the destruction of rainforests, peatlands and abuse of human and labor rights.{{cite web|url=http://action.sumofus.org/a/noodles-palm-oil/?sub=homepage|title=Nissin, Maruchan, cut conflict palm oil from your instant noodles|website=SumOfUs}}{{cite web|url=http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/11/palm-oil-industry-threatens-indonesian-biodiversity/|title=Palm Oil Industry Threatens Indonesian Biodiversity|date=November 18, 2014|author-first1=Gina-Marie|author-last1=Cheeseman|website=Triple Pundit}} A demonstration was held at Nissin Foods US Headquarters on June 29, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.ran.org/conflict_palm_oil_demonstration_at_nissin_us_headquarters|title=Conflict Palm Oil Demonstration at Nissin Foods US Headquarters|publisher=Rainforest Action Network|website=The Understory|date=29 June 2015}}

Non-affiliations

Nissin Foods is not affiliated with the following: Nisshin Seifun Group Inc., Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd, Nisshinbo Holdings Inc., Nissin Healthcare Food Service Co., Ltd., Monde Nissin Corporation, and Nissin Kyogyo Co. Ltd. (including Nissin Brake Ohio and Nissin Brake Georgia).{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}