Momofuku Ando
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| Born |
March 5, 1910 Phoh-á-kha, Kagi-chō, Japanese Taiwan (now Puzi, Chiayi County, Taiwan) |
| Died | January 5, 2007 (aged 96) Ikeda, Osaka |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Ritsumeikan University |
| Known for | Inventor of instant noodles |
| Spouse(s) | Masako Ando |
| Children |
Hirotoshi Ando Koki Ando Akemi Horinouchi |
| Momofuku Ando | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 吳百福 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 吴百福 | ||||||||||||
| Hokkien POJ | Gô͘ Pek-hok | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wú Bǎifú |
| Wade–Giles | Wu2 Pai3-fu2 |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Gô͘ Pek-hok |
Momofuku Ando (Japanese: 安藤 百福 Hepburn: Andō Momofuku?), ORS, (March 5, 1910 – January 5, 2007) was a Japanese inventor and businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.. He is known as one of the inventors of instant noodles, instant ramen, and Cup Noodles.
Ando was born Go Pek-Hok (Chinese: 吳百福; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Pek-hok) in 1910 into a wealthy Taiwanese family in Kagi-chō (Japanese: 嘉義廳?, modern-day Chiayi County), Japanese-era Taiwan, and raised by his grandparents within the city walls of Tainan-chō (臺南廳, Tainan) following the deaths of his parents. His grandparents owned a small textiles store, which inspired him, at the age of 22, to start his own textiles company, using 190,000 yen, in Eiraku-chō (永樂町), Daitōtei, Taihoku (Taipei).
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