The Powder of Japanese Product Development


As mentioned on the past EDGY JAPAN articles, Japan's awareness on our planet, or environment is very strong, and people and companies have come up with a numerous number of products/services to sustain our planet.

So does the instant food industry.

Instant cup fried-noodle, a product very similar to an instant cup noodle, is one of Japan's greatest inventions. The main difference between these two appears on the cooking process. For an instant cup fried-noodle, you have to drain the water, which is used to cook the noodle. (Unlike an instant cup noodle, an instant cup fried-noodle is NOT a noodle in soup. Check the link above to see the whole process of cooking.)

There's no official figure of the drained water released per year for making an instant cup fried-noodle, but it surely is not-so-negligible amount. In order to tackle this issue, Toyo Suisan, one of the largest cup noodle producers, came up with an innovative product.

It's called Yakisoba Bento (Fried Noodle Lunch box)