{
  "id": 2343803,
  "title": "No kettle needed: Japan’s cold-water cup noodles fly off the shelves",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/no-kettle-needed-japans-cold-water-cup-noodles-fly-off-the-shelves",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-21T08:46:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3364822/no-kettle-needed-japans-cold-water-cup-noodles-fly-shelves"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Nissin Foods, the company that invented instant noodles, appears to have created an entirely new category with a hit product: cup noodles made with cold water. Initial supplies of the handy meal – available in Spicy Kimchi and Chicken Salt Lemon flavours – sold out a week after hitting store shelves on July 20, according to Nissin. While the Tokyo-based company did not disclose sales figures, it…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}