Who owns Cup Noodles?
Cup Noodles is owned by Nissin Foods (Japan, TSE: 2897).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. Annual Report 2025, 31 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Osaka
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1971
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2897
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Cup Noodles
Cup Noodles put instant ramen in a waterproof foam cup that served as package, cooking vessel and bowl, launched in 1971. The design solved distribution and eating in one step and made the product global. A version was later developed for Japanese astronauts.
Ownership timeline of Cup Noodles
- Current owner Nissin Foods [1] reported
Where Cup Noodles sits in Nissin Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Nissin Foods brand portfolio (4) →
Other brands owned by Nissin Foods
Nissin Foods controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
- Chikin Ramen (1958)
- Demae Iccho (1968)
- Top Ramen (1970)
Other brands in pasta, and who owns them
The 117 brands in pasta on Brandtree belong to 60 owners. The largest is Ebro Foods, with 15; Nissin Foods has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bertagni | Ebro Foods | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Indomie | Indofood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Camil | Camil | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Mimee | Dufil Prima Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Don Vicente | Molinos | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Corticella | NewPrinces | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| La Cantonesa | CMI | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
| Daawat | LT Foods | 🇮🇳 India |
About the owner: Nissin Foods
Nissin Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Osaka, Japan, founded in 1948. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2897.
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.
Nissin Foods: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇯🇵 Cup Noodles and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 448 brands that began in Japan. 22 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Cup Noodles is not one of them.
- Ajinomoto — Ajinomoto 🇯🇵
- Almond Koka — Glico 🇯🇵
- Amuleia — Nisshin Seifun 🇯🇵
- Aohata — Kewpie 🇯🇵
- C1000 — House Foods 🇯🇵
- Calbee Potato Chips — Calbee 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Cup Noodles?
The parent company of Cup Noodles is Nissin Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Cup Noodles Japanese?
Yes. Cup Noodles originated in Japan in 1971 and its owner, Nissin Foods, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Cup Noodles still owned by Nissin Foods?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Cup Noodles is still owned by Nissin Foods. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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 16 September 2026.
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