Roughly how many servings of instant noodles are eaten around the world in a year?
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About 120 billion servings
Instant noodles were invented in Japan in 1958 by Momofuku Ando, who later created a version that could be eaten in zero gravity by a Japanese astronaut.
How to estimate it
Split the world in two. About 2 billion people in East and Southeast Asia eat instant noodles roughly once a week: 2 billion × 50 = 100 billion servings a year. The other 6 billion eat them only now and then, say 4 times a year: 24 billion. Total: 124 billion servings. Industry data give about 120 billion servings per year.
Source: World Instant Noodles Association
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