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How Instant Noodles Are Made in Factories 🍜 | Inside the Production Line

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Ever wondered how instant noodles are made?
🍜 Step inside the mega factories where billions of packets are produced each year — from mixing flour and steaming noodles to frying, flavoring, and packaging! Discover the technology, precision, and creativity behind the world’s favorite quick meal.

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00:00 – The Rise of Instant Noodles 🍜
01:12 – Japan’s Famine & The Birth of Ramen
03:34 – The Flour Behind Every Noodle
05:00 – Mixing the Perfect Dough
06:18 – Rolling & Sheeting the Noodle Dough
07:15 – Cutting the Iconic Wavy Strands
08:05 – Steaming & Hydrating the Noodles
09:10 – Deep-Frying: The Secret to Long Shelf Life
10:25 – Flavor Packs: The Soul of Every Bowl
11:28 – Crafting the Base Sauce
12:28 – Making the Braised Beef Flavor 🥩
13:25 – Drying & Mixing the Vegetables 🌽
14:25 – Tomato Sauce Varieties 🍅
15:20 – Packaging & Global Distribution
16:05 – Healthier Innovations & Wrap-Up

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20 Comments

@Gordominus 8 months ago (edited)

Did i just watch a 16 minute ad for instant noodles? Voluntarily?!

@hapwn 11 months ago

Whether soupy or dry, cheap, or expensive, early in the day, or late at night. When your watching anime, studying for collage, or at work. Doesn't matter how, when, or where. You don't even have to be asian, we've all had some in one form or another. We love our noodles! 🍜

@donaldwycoff4154 11 months ago

Fun video. Back in the 80s when I was at university, all I could afford were flats of ramen — about 30 packs for five bucks. It quickly became my main meal, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. One of my TAs even nicknamed me “The Ramen Kid” because my thermos always had hot ramen that I would eat in the lab while at work.

For three straight years, ramen was basically my only affordable meal. I loved it at first… then I couldn’t stand the sight of it. After I graduated, I didn’t eat ramen again until 2008. But when I finally did — the hook was back in: I was a ramen lover again.

These days, I have to limit myself to one ramen meal a week. I guess some habits never really go away.

@DerMiezMiez 10 months ago

ironically, i'm eating instant noodles while watching this

@punker2534 9 months ago

Paying so little for this product makes this entire process so insane.

@Radcon91 10 months ago

"Every year 120 billion packets are consumed around the world"

Yeah I contribute a good quarter to that statistic 😂🍜

@FlipperRex 6 months ago

Dang so much work and precision to make a cup of noodles 🍲

@sandragreen6794 9 months ago

thank goodness he specified they use "hot" steam otherwise I would have mistakenly thought it was "cold" steam!

@deepblueskyshine 6 months ago (edited)

These are some deluxe version. On cheap vietnamese ink on plastic wrap is stated that most of the contents are "potato starch or grain starch" and the smell of oil and aroma packets trigger certain natural survival reflexes in southern mediterranean dwellers.

@PeterRichardsandYoureNot 10 months ago

Brought to you by the Ramen noodle makers of wherever. I’ve never heard the term crucial and flavorful and nutritional use so many times to describe such a simple product.

@CanuckBeaver 9 months ago

Nice details. I was curious and this was a great sales pitch.

@snoday8835 6 months ago

Damn now I want noodles. The brazed beef sounds pretty good.

@ascensionindustries9631 10 months ago

Bandai even makes Cup Noodle model kits.

@EverydayProductSecrets 2 days ago

I had no idea instant noodles were fried to make them last longer. Do all instant noodles use the same process?

@michaelleong2582Quartermaster 8 months ago

Instant noodle is the greatest food invention of the century, just add hot water no fuss.

@kevinnyaberi2421 4 months ago

Now I just wanna eat noodles.

@sarathygeepee 2 months ago

We can also make value addition here on different products like Onion Tomato etc .We have already done in milk and poultry industry

@dalemachado7199 8 months ago

Seems more like an advert than a tour of the factory. I suppose we are to believe that 4 flakes of spring onion, 1 piece of carrot and onion contribute to our 5 a day.