Sapporo Ichiban

Sapporo Ichiban (サッポロ一番^?) is a brand of instant noodles (most of them ramen) made by Sanyo Foods, and rivals to other Japanese ramen brands like Nissin and Maruchan.

Sapporo Ichiban has found a market outside of Japan, most notably with consumers in Hong Kong, The United States, Mexico and Canada.

Sapporo Ichiban literally means, "Sapporo's number one" (noodle), but there is no relation between Sapporo Ichiban and Sapporo city, Hokkaido.

Sanyo Foods had kept their headquarters and R&Ds all in their original town of Maebashi city, Gumma ken, and now their headquarters have legally moved to Minato-ku, Tokyo. They have built their plants for domestic products, only in Gumma, Chiba, Nara and Fukuoka. They, however, only have no more than a small sales branch in Sapporo, since they had used the brand name "Sapporo Ichiban" for their mainstream products.

Products

Ramen flavors include:

• "Original" (Red package) a mild soy sauce flavor, January in 1966 Sale starting
• Miso (Orange package), September in 1968 Sale starting
• Salt (Black and Red package), August in 1971 Sale starting
• Chicken (Green package)
• Beef (Brown package)
• Shrimp (Pink package)
• Original Cup
• Chicken Cup
• Beef Cup
• Shrimp Cup

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  Original Flavor

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  Chicken Flavor

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  Beef Flavor

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  Shrimp Flavor

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  Miso Flavor

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  Salt Flavor

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  Sesame Flavor

"Original" flavor used to be animal-free. A package obtained in early 2007 included beef products.

Non-ramen packages include:

• Yakisoba/Chow mein (Yellow, orange and white package). This is not a ramen soup, but ramen noodles meant to be reconstituted then stir-fried with the enclosed flavour package. Traditionally ground beef and Chinese cabbage are added to the stir-fry and seaweed is sprinkled on top from the included pouch if preparing yakisoba, but only the seaweed is included in the package.
• Kitsune - kitsune udon (Blue and white package). This is a package of dehydrated udon noodles instead of ramen, with a reconstitutable square of fried bean curd.

See also

• Cup noodles
• IndoMie Mi Goreng
• Koka noodles
• Maggi noodles
• Mr. Noodles
• Pot Noodle
• Sapporo Ichiban
• Shin Cup
• Shin ramyun
• Super Noodles
• Wai-Wai (food)
• Ching's Instant Noodles
• Smith and Jones Masala Noodles

External links

• official site