Editing Pot Noodle (section)

==History==
Instant noodles were originally invented in 1958 by [[Momofuku Ando]], and ''[[Cup Noodle]]s'' developed by his company [[Nissin Food Products]] in 1971.

[[Golden Wonder]] launched the Pot Noodle brand in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web |last=Elkins |first=Ruth |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mr-pot-noodle-dies-aged-96-431099.html |title=Mr Pot Noodle dies, aged 96 &#124; Asia &#124; News |work=The Independent |date=2007-01-07 |access-date=2015-12-11 |archive-date=2012-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108165221/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mr-pot-noodle-dies-aged-96-431099.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 1995, [[Best Foods]], which produces [[Hellmanns]] [[mayonnaise]], paid then owner [[Dalgety plc]] $280 million for its Golden Wonder Pot Noodle instant hot snacks manufacturing business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Bestfoods-Company-History.html|title=Bestfoods -- Company History|work=fundinguniverse.com|access-date=3 July 2008|archive-date=16 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316043217/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Bestfoods-Company-History.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bestfoods, known as CPC international before 1997, was itself acquired by [[Unilever]] in June 2000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB877046902651289000|title=CPC International Changes Company's Name to Bestfoods|last=Journal|first=Elizabeth Jensen Staff Reporter of The Wall Street|date=1997-10-17|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|access-date=2016-09-07|archive-date=2018-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120105459/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB877046902651289000|url-status=live}}</ref> Unilever kept the Pot Noodle brand and its sole production factory, after it sold the rest of the Golden Wonder business in January 2006 to [[Tayto (Northern Ireland)|Tayto]]. In the same year, Unilever relaunched the brand, introduced three new varieties and reduced salt levels by 50 per cent.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=25 August 2007 |title=Pots push health agenda: Pot Noodle and its competitors have made a concerted move away from the cheap and cheerful student image of old towards a healthier, more wholesome message |journal=[[The Grocer]] |volume=230 |issue=7819 |page=46 |via=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]] General OneFile}}</ref> Golden Wonder later established another line of pot noodles called ''[[The Nation's Noodle]]'' (renamed ''Noodle Pot'' in 2016) in direct competition with their former brand.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kemp |first=Ed |url=http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/922848/Golden-Wonder-Pot-Noodle-The-Nations-Noodle/ |title=Golden Wonder to take on Pot Noodle with 'The Nation's Noodle' |publisher=Marketing Magazine |date=2009-07-24 |access-date=2015-12-11 |archive-date=2012-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314052134/http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/922848/Golden-Wonder-Pot-Noodle-The-Nations-Noodle/ |url-status=live }}</ref>