New Food Products in Japan articles from January 2002

New Food Products in Japan archives from January 2002

Instant Ramen with Microwave Bags and Recipes from Nissin Food Products.
January 25, 2002... Nissin Food Products and Asahi Kasei are trying to break new ground in the instant ramen noodle market. One Ziplock Range Bag from Asahi Kasei and a recipe for a ramen dish are included in Nissin's Ramenya-san five-serving pack (450 yen), an...

Nutritional Supplement with Coenzyme Q10 from Mitsui & Co.
January 25, 2002... Mitsui & Co. has released Heart Matrix Q10, a nutritional supplement containing the coenzyme Q10. Last spring, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare categorized coenzyme Q10 as food and so the substance can be used in both food and...

Low-Calorie Chinese Dishes from Kato Sangyo.
January 25, 2002... Low-calorie retort-packed food is available from Kato Sangyo. The company sells Karada ni Anshin Series with five Chinese dishes including Happosai (chop suey; 95 calories) and Mabo Tofu (a spicy tofu dish; 68 calories) in cooperation with...

Wafer Chocolate Products from Kanebo Foods.
January 25, 2002... Kanebo Foods has started sales of imported wafer chocolate products from a German confectioner. Last fall, Meiji and Lotte entered the wafer chocolate market to rival KitKat of Nestle. Kanebo is similarly challenging the market with...

Winter Season Chocolates from Morinaga & Co.
January 25, 2002... Morinaga & Co. has released Angel Sweets chocolate with fresh cream for limited winter sales. Compared to the same product from last year, this year's item has an even thinner chocolate coating around the fresh cream chocolate, and this...

Morinaga & Co. Announces Line of Valentine's Chocolates.
January 25, 2002... Morinaga's chocolate selections for this Valentine's Day give a prominent role to Disney's Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh characters. Products targeting children and housewives start with the heart-shaped Kuma no Pooh-san Love Chat Choco...

All-Kenaf Label Graces Bottle of Takara Mirin.
January 25, 2002... Takara Yuki Hon Mirin, a sweet sake used for cooking, is appealing to consumers with an environmentally friendly image. The name indicates that the mirin is organic, but manufacturer Takara Shuzo has gone a step further in adopting the use...

Service to Access Coca-Cola Vending Machines through i-Mode.
January 25, 2002... Coca-Cola (Japan) will soon experiment with vending machines that users can buy from through their i-mode mobile phones. So-called i-vending Machines could appear as early as this summer in Tokyo. On March 28, Coca-Cola, i-mode service...

Special Processing Lets Snack Package Open Easily.
January 25, 2002... Ezaki Glico is now performing special surface processing on the wrapping film of its Mousse Pocky snack, making it easier to open. Pocky is a pretzel stick covered on one end with chocolate. The process puts scratches on the film surface,...

Chewing Gum Helps Battle Cancer.
January 25, 2002... Hokkaido University and Lotte have discovered that adding a plant pigment with anti-cancer action to gum can help shrink tumors from oral cancer. Researchers experimented with this pigment in Sri Lanka where chewing tobacco is popular and...

Sony Technology Recycles Foam Trays without Pre-Washing.
January 25, 2002... Sony hopes to promote recycling of styrene foam trays with a new system that does so without having to pre-wash the trays. About 60% by bulk of styrene foam trays produced in Japan serve as fish boxes and food trays, and the time and effort...

New Sausage from Itoham Foods.
January 25, 2002... Mayo in, from Itoham Foods, is a sausage stuffed with mayonnaise. The filmless sausage is made from pork and chicken and is flavored with salted and spicy cod roe. The product is suitable for a side dish in boxed lunches or as snacks for...

Two New Healthy Liqueur Products from Godo Shusei.
January 25, 2002... Godo Shusei has launched 2 new wholesome-oriented low-calorie sweet-suppressed liqueur products. "Godo Sappari Karin Shu" contains Chinese quince juice good for the throat and "Godo Funwari Anzu Shu" includes apricot juice beneficial to...

Suntory Enlarges Totte Oki Kajitsu no Osake Series.
January 25, 2002... Suntory has released 2 new varieties - "Aomoriken San-no Fuji Ringo Shu" and "California San-no Prune Shu" - as part of its "Totte Oki Kajitsu no Osake" series of low-alcohol fruit drinks made from fruit grown in select producing areas...

New Adult Candy from Morinaga & Co.
January 25, 2002... Morinaga Hana Tohru Menthol, from Morinaga & Co., is a small-grain adult candy which contains tencha extract to prevent hay fever and strong menthol to clear nose. Tencha is a Chinese tea with allergy-combating properties. Retail price is 100...

Three New Winter-Only Chocolates from Morinaga & Co.
January 25, 2002... Morinaga & Co. has launched 3 new winter-only chocolate products. "asse" is a mousse-type chocolate covered with an extremely thin chocolate shell. It features a unique texture and dissolves well in the mouth. Retail price is 250 yen per pack...

Effervescent grape gum from Kanebo Foods packs a punch of flavored fizz.
January 25, 2002... Super Grape Gum is a soft square of chewing gum from Kanebo Foods. Each square features palatinit granules and an effervescent center that create an explosion of flavorful fizz when chewed. The gum portion of each square weighs between 4.8g...

Kanebo Foods' home-made treat a hit with kids.
January 25, 2002... Narunaru Mi ni Naru, from Kanebo Foods, is a jelly treat to be made at home. It is available in grape and melon flavors, at 100 yen per 14g package. The product starts off as a powder, made with heat-treated potato starch, but turns into...

New "Caramel Gum" from Kanebo Foods.
January 25, 2002... Kanebo Caramel Gum, from Kanebo Foods, is a caramel-flavored chunk type chewing gum which looks like caramel and allows consumers to enjoy the caramel flavor for a long time. The product contains vanilla flavoring from Madagascar and its...

New Snow Brand deli time Cup Soup Series from Snow Brand Foods.
January 25, 2002... Snow Brand deli time Cup soup, from Snow Brand Foods, is a new series of retort-cupped instant soup products that includes lots of ingredients. Products in the range include: 1) Corn & Potato Cream Soup - A big-volume soup which...

Two New Cupped Instant Soups from Pokka Corp.
January 25, 2002... Pokka Corp. has launched 2 new cupped instant soup products which contain pasta and are targeted at women in their 20s-30s. "Pasta-iri Kinoko-no Cream Soup" (125kcal/150 yen) is a cream soup that contains such ingredients as spiral short...

New Healthy Cocoa Drinks from Morinaga & Co.
January 25, 2002... inner-FFACacao, from Morinaga & Co., is a new series of wholesome low-calorie cocoa drinks that contains high levels of CacaoFFA (cacao free fatty acid) beneficial to health and is targeted at highly health-conscious middle-aged and elderly...

New Functional Drink from Snow Brand Milk Products.
January 25, 2002... Snow Brand Bifidus Nyusankin Blueberry 200, from Snow Brand Milk Products, is a thick lactic acid beverage which contains 5% blueberry juice good for the eye and retina, 200mg of vitamin C and bifidus bacteria and oligosaccharide which...

New Healthy Lactic Acid Drink from Snow Brand Milk Products.
January 25, 2002... Snow Brand Bifidus Nyusankin Yasai 200, from Snow Brand Milk Products, is a thick lactic acid beverage which contains bifidus bacteria and can supply the nutrients of vegetables. The product contains 30% blended vegetable juice (carrot, red...

New Specific-Effect Health Drink from Takeda Shokuhin Kogyo.
January 25, 2002... Takeda Sen'i & Peach, from Takeda Shokuhin Kogyo, is a beverage that is approved as a specific-effect health food by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. The product contains peach juice and 7.0g of indigestible dextrin (dietary fiber)...

New Sauces for Making Fried Vegetables from Kagome.
January 25, 2002... Kagome Shiagari Jiman! Yasai Itame, from Kagome, is a new series of thick sauce products that is most suitable for making fried vegetables to be served as a side dish of boiled rice. The products are: 1) Ama Kara Miso Aji - A sweet...

New Seasoning Mix from Itoham Foods.
January 25, 2002... Okazu Benri Gyuniku lri Niratama, from Itoham Foods, is a chilled seasoning mix which contains such ingredients as beef, shiitake mushrooms, shimeji mushrooms and bamboo shoots and requires only the addition of your own eggs and leeks to make...

New A La Potato Series from Calbee Foods.
January 25, 2002... A La Potato, from Calbee Foods, is a new series of thick potato chips that is sliced in a wave form by making notches and features a nice potato flavor and crisp, soft texture. Products in the range include: 1) Usu Shio Aji (150g...

New Sliced Potato Chips from Calbee Foods.
January 25, 2002... Calbee Gizagiza Potato, from Calbee Foods, is a potato chip that is sliced in a wave form by making notches and features a crisp texture. The product is available in 2 varieties - "Consomme Punch" which is flavored with beef and onions...

New Sweet Potato Chip from Calbee Foods.
January 25, 2002... Calbee Osatsu Snack, from Calbee Foods, is a sweet potato chip that is made by kneading steamed sweet potato into the wheat flour dough and then processing it into sliced potato chip-like form. The product contains 2.6g of dietary fiber per...

New Snack Food from Calbee Foods.
January 25, 2002... Calbee Kappa Ebisen Piri Piri Mayonnaise Aji, from Calbee Foods, is a wheat flour-based snack food that is kneaded with shrimp powder and contains hot red pepper and mild mayonnaise. It can be enjoyed by a broad range of age groups from...

New Yamayoshi Tokusen Sozai Series from Yamayoshi Seika.
January 25, 2002... Yamayoshi Tokusen Sozai, from Yamayoshi Seika, is a new series of healthy real potato chips which is made using quality potatoes rich in starch and has reduced the oil content by 20% compared to conventional products to bring out the full...

New Pudding from Snow Brand Milk Products.
January 25, 2002... Hershey's Milk Chocolate Purin, from Snow Brand Milk Products, is a 2-layer dessert food made by putting milk-rich cream sauce onto sweet and slightly bitter chocolate-flavored pudding. A 130g cup costs 100 yen and a 2-cup (2 x 95g) pack...

Two New Dessert Foods from Snow Brand Milk Products.
January 25, 2002... Snow Brand Milk Products has launched 2 new cupped dessert foods - "Petit Guato Quark Blueberry Sauce" and "Petit Guato Mascarpone Espresso Sauce" - which make delicious desserts when combined with the accompanying fruit sauces. The...

High-quality frozen treat from Kanebo Foods.
January 25, 2002... Kutsurogi Ice is series of deluxe ice cream/milk from Kanebo Foods. This velvety smooth frozen treat comes in short, round containers measuring about 2cm high and 9cm wide. Since the containers are not very high, compared with typical single...

New Soft Drink from Snow Brand Milk Products.
January 25, 2002... Snow Brand Guava & Apple, from Snow Brand Milk Products, is a soft drink which contains 10% blended fruit juice (guava and apple) and features a delicious flavor of guava and a clear sweetness of apple. A 500ml paper pack costs 100 yen.

New Cocoa Drink from Snow Brand Milk Products.
January 25, 2002... Hershey's Cafe Chocolat, from Snow Brand Milk Products, is a cocoa drink which is made from Hershey's cocoa powder, coffee and fresh cream from Hokkaido and features an ideal bitterness and mild body. The product is packaged in the...

New Kiwi Juice-Containing Soft Drink from Snow Brand Milk Products.
January 25, 2002... Dole Fruit Cooler Kiwi, from Snow Brand Milk Products, is a soft drink which contains 10% rare kiwi juice and features a unique refreshing taste. A 300ml paper pack costs 80 yen.

New Cassis Juice-Containing Soft Drink from Snow Brand Milk Products.
January 25, 2002... Dole Fruit Cooler Cassis, from Snow Brand Milk Products, is a soft drink which contains 10% rare cassis juice and features a new delicious flavor of cassis. A 300ml paper pack costs 80 yen.

New 100% Fruit Juice from Snow Brand Milk Products.
January 25, 2002... Dole Pear 100% from Snow Brand Milk Products, is a 100% fruit juice which is made from pear juice as the base and includes pear puree. The product retains the natural qualities of the fresh pear. A 200ml paper pack costs 90 yen.

New Soft Drink from Snow Brand Milk Products.
January 25, 2002... Snow Brand Nihon-no Aki Nashi, from Snow Brand Milk Products, is a soft drink which contains less than 1% blended Hosui and Kosui juice and features a clear sweet taste. Hosui and Kosui are special Japanese varieties of pears. A 500ml paper...

New Bottled Green Tea Drink from Coca-Cola (Japan).
January 25, 2002... Coca-Cola Marocha Ryokucha 280ml PET Bottle, from Coca-Cola (Japan), is a non-sugar green tea drink that comes in a heat-resistant 280ml PET bottle (124 yen) to be sold warm in convenience stores. The product features the original natural...

New Fruit Juice-Containing Soft Drink from Coca-Cola (Japan).
January 25, 2002... Qoo New Orange, from Coca-Cola (Japan), is a healthy soft drink which contains 20% orange juice and is fortified with vitamin C and calcium. The product is slightly sweetened and retains the natural qualities of the fresh orange. It comes in...

New Flavored Tea Drink from Coca-Cola (Japan).
January 25, 2002... Ko Cha Ka Den Angel Berry, from Coca-Cola (Japan), is a black tea drink that is made using Ceylon tea leaves and contains cranberry juice. The caloric content per 100ml is 22.3kcal. It comes in 280g cans (120 yen) and 500ml PET bottles (147...

New Lemon Drink from Pokka Corp.
January 25, 2002... Pokka Hoht Lemon Hot, from Pokka Corp., is a lightly sweetened low-calorie lemon drink which helps both body and mind warm in the winter season. The product contains 3% lemon juice low in acidity, Chinese quince extract good for the throat...

Two New Beverages in PET Bottles from Pokka Corp.
January 25, 2002... Pokka Corp. has launched 2 new drinks in PET bottles. "Pokka Shokubutsu Sen'i no Budo Jelly" (280ml/130 yen) is a low-calorie jelly-like drink that contains 3% grape juice, can supply about 5g of dietary fiber and contains about 500mg of...

AGF's New Bottled Coffee can be Heated in Warmer.
January 25, 2002... Regular Drip Shinsen Black Hot Yo 350ml, from Ajinomoto General Foods, is a coffee beverage in plastic bottles that is meant to be sold warm. It is the industry's first bottled coffee beverage developed precisely for this purpose. To...

New Low-Calorie Lactic Acid Drink from Calpis.
January 25, 2002... Kanjuku La France-to Calpis, from Calpis, is a low-calorie lactic acid drink which contains fully ripened La France pear juice. It features a mellow flavor and sweetness of La France pear. It comes in 340-g cans (115 yen), 500-ml PET bottles...

New Cupped Instant Spaghetti Dishes from Nissin Food Products.
January 25, 2002... Nissin Food Products has launched 2 new cupped instant spaghetti dishes - "Kuro [Black] Spa" and "Shiro [White] Spa." The spaghetti of the products is made from durum wheat semolina and has a texture similar to that of freshly boiled...

Two New Tall Cup Instant Noodles from Nissin Food Products.
January 25, 2002... Nissin Food Products has launched 2 new instant noodles in tall cups (60g noodles) with a retail of 165 yen. "Beef Demi-Glace Noodle" is a dish of firm wide noodles and ingredients such as beef, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms and red bell...

New Chilled Beef Stew from Itoham Foods.
January 25, 2002... Kitchen Deli Aka Wine Nikomi Beef Stew, from Itoham Foods, is a chilled beef stew which can be eaten after being heated in a microwave oven. The product is a French-style beef stew made by simmering beef in demi-glace sauce finished in red...

New Chilled Pie Products from Itoham Foods.
January 25, 2002... Itoham Foods has launched 2 new chilled ready-prepared pie products which allow consumers to enjoy hot pies simply by heating in a microwave open. "Kitchen Deli Beef Stew Pie" (120g/320 yen) is a crispy pie filled with beef stew simmered...

Q.P. Expands "Kewpie Pasta Club" Series.
January 25, 2002... Q.P. has launched a new item "Neapolitan" as part of its "Kewpie Pasta Club" series of pasta sauces packaged in heat-resistant aluminumless pouches. The product, which is for mothers and their children, is made using lots of Italian-grown...

New Cupped Instant Noodle from Kanebo Foods.
January 25, 2002... Kanebo Sendai Karamiso Men, from Kanebo Foods, is a cupped instant noodle featuring a white bean paste-based piquant soup which contains garlic and lots of red pepper grown in Korea. The noodles are not fried and the ingredients include roast...