South Korea's SBS TV station reported on June 30 that for the first time in nine years, South Korea has lost its position as the world's largest consumer of instant noodles. As soon as this news came out, it attracted a lot of attention and discussion among Korean netizens. The
report cited the 2021 World Instant Noodles Market Data released by the World Instant Noodles Association and stated that the country with the largest per capita instant noodles consumption last year was Vietnam . According to a survey, in Vietnam last year, per capita consumed 87 packages (barrels) of instant noodles. South Korea ranked second with 73 packages (barrels) per capita, followed by Nepal with 55 packages (barrels).
According to reports, South Korea’s per capita instant noodles consumption has ranked first in the world for eight years from 2013 to 2020, but it was overtaken by other countries in 2021.
After this news was released, "the instant noodle consumer country surpassing South Korea" quickly became a hot search keyword on the news multimedia platform "Oh! Click" under SBS TV station, and ranked third on the hot search list.
SBS reported that Korean netizens expressed their regrets about this. Someone said: "Does (the report) mean that I should work harder to eat more (instant noodles) in the second half of the year? So good, I know!" Some netizens said: "I (eat instant noodles) more than (South Korea) I eat more than average, and I have done everything I need to do (to maintain my position as the world’s largest consumer of instant noodles)… It’s really a pity to be second in the world.”
At the same time, Korean netizens also posted updates. Many online platforms expressed their opinions on this matter. A netizen wrote under a related report in "Seoul Economy": "I thought (South Korea) would be the overwhelming number one (in the world's ranking of instant noodle consumers). Haha, what's going on? My self-esteem is very high. Injured."
Another netizen said: "(We) can't lose! Now I'm going to to cook instant noodles ."
Source: Global Network
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