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A recipe for home-made ramen calls for オーション. I am having a hard time figuring
out what that is exactly, having checked dictionaries and Google Translate to
no avail.

I did find several online shopping sites that sell オーション. Just to list a few:

<https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%97%A5%E6%B8%85%E8%A3%BD%E7%B2%89-%E5%BC%B7%E5%8A%9B%E7%B2%89-%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3-25kg/dp/B005SQ0OZW>

<https://tomiz.com/item/00000603>

From their descriptions it seems オーション is just bread flour? Why is it called
オーション?
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What is オーション and why is it called that?
Yes オーション is just one of the product names for flour sold by Nisshin.

Information is limited because it's not officially for retail. [This
site](https://www.e-sousyoku.com/) seems to have lots of official information
about professional-use flours sold by Nisshin, but unfortunately only experts
and restaurant owners are allowed to access. Still, judging from [this search
result](https://shopping.yahoo.co.jp/search/%E6%97%A5%E6%B8%85%E8%A3%BD%E7%B2%89%20%E5%B0%8F%E9%BA%A6%E7%B2%89%20%E6%A5%AD%E5%8B%99%E7%94%A8/0/),
I think it's safe to assume オーション is named after _ocean_ (or maybe its French
equivalent _océan_ ).
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