Can instant noodles help combat world hunger?
As governments and food experts ponder over how to feed a ballooning global population, researchers claim to have found a possible solution: instant noodles.
Instant noodles serve “an important role in satiating hunger and in sustaining lives for many worldwide, including those hanging on under difficult circumstances,” according to Deborah Gewertz, Professor of Anthropology at Amherst College in US and her two colleagues.
In their new book, Gewertz and her colleagues examine the history, manufacturing, marketing and consumption of the ubiquitous foodstuff and make the case that instant noodles will have an increasingly significant global role in the coming years.
“As a protean food designed for quotidian consumption, instant noodles have already shown a remarkable capacity to ease themselves into diverse lives,” she said.
“We expect that the calories provided by the tasty, convenient, cheap, shelf-stable, industrially prepared instant noodles will remain important” as food becomes scarcer in the future, said Gewertz.
Gewertz and co-authors describe the biophysiology of human taste, provide insight into how marketers penetrate new markets with industrial foods and analyse what it takes to feed billions of people.
“Instant noodles thus far have been virtually unstoppable—and, as such, their accomplishments are worthy of serious attention,” researchers observe.
To understand better the impact that instant noodles have had on the world’s diverse populations, the authors homed in on three world markets.
The noodles, the authors observe, are transforming the poor into aspiring consumers of modern goods.
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Can instant noodles help combat world hunger?
Instant noodles serve “an important role in satiating hunger and in sustaining lives for many worldwide, including those hanging on under difficult circumstances,” according to Deborah Gewertz, Professor of Anthropology at Amherst College in US and her two colleagues.
In their new book, Gewertz and her colleagues examine the history, manufacturing, marketing and consumption of the ubiquitous foodstuff and make the case that instant noodles will have an increasingly significant global role in the coming years.
“As a protean food designed for quotidian consumption, instant noodles have already shown a remarkable capacity to ease themselves into diverse lives,” she said.
“We expect that the calories provided by the tasty, convenient, cheap, shelf-stable, industrially prepared instant noodles will remain important” as food becomes scarcer in the future, said Gewertz.
Gewertz and co-authors describe the biophysiology of human taste, provide insight into how marketers penetrate new markets with industrial foods and analyse what it takes to feed billions of people.
“Instant noodles thus far have been virtually unstoppable—and, as such, their accomplishments are worthy of serious attention,” researchers observe.
To understand better the impact that instant noodles have had on the world’s diverse populations, the authors homed in on three world markets.
The noodles, the authors observe, are transforming the poor into aspiring consumers of modern goods.
for more details
Can instant noodles help combat world hunger?
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