Total production volume of instant noodles in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in billion packages)
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Japanese fiscal years run from 2013 to 2022; they begin on April 1 of each year and conclude on March 31 of the subsequent year Supplementary notes
Figures prior to fiscal year 2022 come from previous reports. Values have been rounded. Citation formats.
$44.1 billion: That’s the size of the global instant noodles market, according to a report by Fortune Business Insights, a market research firm, which projects that number to grow to more than $77 billion in the next six years. At $2.3 billion, North America accounts for a small but steadily growing share of all that instant noodle buying.
The report, based on data from 2019, doesn’t account for the surge in demand that instant ramen saw during the pandemic. Nissin, the Japanese maker of the Cup Noodle brand, saw double-digit sales growth in the first five months of 2020. Other Asian instant noodle brands also saw large sales spikes as people looked for easy ways to feed themselves without leaving the house. South Korea exported 28% more instant noodles in 2020 than in the previous year.
While eating vast quantities of the carb-and-sodium explosion that characterizes most ramen probably isn’t the healthiest means of sustenance during the pandemic, a number of new entrants are trying to break into the category with healthier alternatives, like House Foods’ tofu shirataki noodles and startup Immi’s low-carb ramen.
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