Nissin Foods: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Nissin Foods (TSE: 2897) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Osaka, Japan that owns 4 consumer brands.[1]
Nissin Foods was founded in Osaka in 1948 by Momofuku Ando, who invented instant ramen in 1958 by flash-frying noodles in a shed behind his house, and then invented the cup format in 1971 after watching Americans eat noodles from paper cups. Roughly a hundred billion servings of instant noodles are eaten worldwide each year.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan
- Founded
- 1948
- Tickers
- TSE: 2897
- Wikidata
- Q1350281
- Website
- www.nissin.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Nissin Foods in numbers
- Nissin Foods owns 4 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 4 brands.[1]
- 1 of its brands originated outside Japan.
Everything Nissin Foods owns
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Nissin Foods own?
Nissin Foods owns 4 consumer brands tracked here, including Demae Iccho, Chikin Ramen, Cup Noodles and Top Ramen.
Is Nissin Foods a Japanese company?
Yes. Nissin Foods is headquartered in Osaka, Japan and was founded in 1948.
Who owns Nissin Foods?
Nissin Foods is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 2897 on the TSE.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. Annual Report 2025 — Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd., Annual report, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 6 September 2026.
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