NIFTY NOODLES

The Friday File: In 2023, Americans spent $2.7 billion eating 5.1 billion servings of instant noodles, good enough for sixth in the world, and a per capita consumption of an impressive 15.2 servings. The U.S. remains well behind #1 China at 42.2 billion servings but only 30.1 servings/person, Indonesia at 14.5 billion, India at 8.7 billion, Vietnam at 8.1 billion, and is catching up to Japan with 5.8 billion servings.