Sapporo Ichiban literally means "Sapporo's number one [noodle]", coined by future company president Takeshi Ida after he was particularly impressed with Sapporo's local ramen.
Facilities and manufacturing
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. There is a small sales branch in Sapporo. Products sold in the United States are made in Garden Grove, California.
Products
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Ramen
Ramen flavors include:
"Original" (Red package) a mild
soy sauce flavor, debuted in stores January 1966.
Miso (Orange package), debuted in stores September 1968.
Shio (
Salt) (Black and Red package), debuted in stores August 1971.
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 the United States in spite of great demand found online.