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 a competitor to other Japanese ramen brands like Nissin.
Sapporo Ichiban has found a market outside Japan, most notably with consumers in Hong Kong, the United States, Mexico, Argentina and Canada.
Sapporo Ichiban literally means "Sapporo's number one [noodle]", but there is no relation between Sapporo Ichiban and the city of Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Sanyo Foods had previously kept their headquarters and R&D all in their original town of Maebashi city, Gunma prefecture, but their headquarters have legally moved to Minato-ku, Tokyo. They have built their plants for domestic products in Gunma, Chiba, Nara, and Fukuoka. They, however, only have no more than a small sales branch in Sapporo.
Products
Ramen flavors include:
- "Original" (Red package) a mild soy sauce flavor, debuted in stores January 1966.
- Miso (Orange package), debuted in stores September 1968.
- Salt (Black and Red package), debuted in stores August 1971.
- Chicken (Green package)
- Beef (Brown package)
- Shrimp (Pink package)
- Hot & Spicy Chicken (Green and Red package)
- Original Cup
- Chicken Cup
- Beef Cup
- Shrimp Cup
Other 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 tofu. This item has been discontinued in spite of great demand found online.
See also
- Cup noodles
- IndoMie Mi Goreng
- Koka noodles
- Maggi noodles
- Mr. Noodles
- Pot Noodle
- Shin Ramyun
- Super Noodles
- Wai-Wai (food)
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