Top Ramen
Top Ramen is Nissin Foods' instant noodle line and the company's first product in the United States, launched in autumn 1970; it is sold in packs and bowls.
Top Ramen is an instant noodle line and the first product of Nissin's US arm. Nissin Foods (U.S.A.) was set up in Los Angeles in July 1970, and in the autumn of that year its first product appeared under the name Top Ramen.
The official page presents it as the original instant ramen noodle since 1970. It is sold in bags (an 85 g serving) and in bowls with chicken and beef flavours; the bag range also includes shrimp, soy sauce and chili, the last two marked vegetarian. The maker says the noodles cook in 3 minutes.
Per the US beef-flavour product listed on Open Food Facts, the noodles are wheat-based: enriched wheat flour, palm oil and salt. A 100 g portion of the dry product has about 447 kcal and 3.9 g of salt.
Facts
| Year founded | autumn 1970, United States |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| House range | bags (chicken, beef, shrimp, soy sauce, chili) and bowls (chicken, beef) |
| Nutrition | about 447 kcal and 3.9 g salt per 100 g of dry product (beef flavour, US) |
What it includes
How it connects to Noodles
Top Ramen → made from → Wheat noodles → kind of → 🍜 Noodles
Links
- Made from
- Wheat noodles
- Part of
- Nissin Foods
- Similar and different
- Cup Noodles, Maruchan
Frequently asked questions
When did Top Ramen appear?
In the autumn of 1970 in the US, a few months after Nissin Foods (U.S.A.) was founded in Los Angeles.
What flavours does Top Ramen come in?
On the maker's site: chicken, beef, shrimp, soy sauce and chili; bowls come in chicken and beef.
What to read next
- Wheat noodles — Wheat noodles are made from wheat flour, water and salt: with the alkaline water kansui they turn yellow and springy, like ramen, and without it they stay white and soft, like udon and somen.
- Cup Noodles — Cup Noodles is Nissin's range of instant noodles in a cup, the first of its kind in the world: sales began on 18 September 1971 in Tokyo.
- Maruchan — Maruchan is an instant-noodle brand that began with a Japanese company founded in 1953; noodles under the name have been made in the US since 1977.
Similar
Chicken Ramen · Demae Iccho · Nissin Yakisoba U.F.O. · Cup Noodles · Maruchan Ramen · Maruchan Instant Lunch
Sources
- Nissin Foods USA: Top Ramen
- Nissin Foods: History
- Open Food Facts: Top Ramen Beef Flavor (0070662010020)