New Food Products in Japan articles from January 2003

New Food Products in Japan archives from January 2003

Sapporo Breweries Develops New Type Draft Beer Server System.
January 25, 2003... Sapporo Breweries has developed a new type draft beer server system that makes maintenance easy. The typical draft beer server system has a 15m pipe in a coil shape for cooling beer using the pressure of carbon dioxide. It is very hard to...

Hotel Restaurants Offer Unique Healthy Menus.
January 25, 2003... Hotel restaurants are starting to offer unique healthy menus. Chinzanso has started offering Konnyaku Kaiseki (a meal of dainty and refined Japanese dishes, each served individually using gelatinous food made from devil's-tongue starch) at...

McDonald's Japan Offers Women's only Floor at Shop In Kobe.
January 25, 2003... McDonald's Japan is offering its first women's only floor at a location in Kobe. This particular shop has a fashionable interior planned by a French designer using wood grain and about 70% of the customers had already been women. Now the...

Tricolore Restaurant Ange Paqut Offering Bite Size Food only.
January 25, 2003... Tricolore has opened restaurant Ange Paqut (meaning "angel's gift" in French) in Setagaya, Tokyo that offers only bite size food items. For example, a hamburger is about half the size of one at McDonald's. The cost of individual items is from...

Convenience Stores Offer Higher Priced Food Items.
January 25, 2003... Major convenience stores have started selling higher priced food items and these value-added items have been selling well. FamilyMart sells handmade Chinese steamed buns with slow-cooked pork, shiitake mushrooms, and bamboo shoots wrapped in...

UCC Ueshima Operates Small-Scale Coffee Shop Chain.
January 25, 2003... UCC Ueshima has opened the first Mister Espresso, a small-scale coffee shop (about seven square meters) that offers less expensive items such as cappuccino for 200 yen and Espresso Doppio for 170 yen using high quality coffee beans that cost...

Sanrokku Sells Caviar of Farmed Sturgeon.
January 25, 2003... Sanrokku, a company financed by Kamaishi City and others, will sell caviar next summer that is collected from farmed sturgeons. Declines in the Caspian Sea sturgeon population have caused the price of its caviar to soar. The company produces...

Takoyaki Shop with Dracula Theme by Yoshimoto Food Service.
January 25, 2003... Yoshimoto Food Service has opened the first Nintako takoyaki shop in Okayama City (27 square meters with a counter and tables). The shop offers only one kind of takoyaki (dumplings with octopus pieces) with garlic (six dumplings, 280 yen). It...

Food XG Starts Green Tea Shops.
January 25, 2003... Food XG (previously Tully's Coffee Japan) has opened green tea shop Koots Green Tea in Tokyo (165 square meters, 50 seats) to diversify its business. It offers about twenty green tea drinks such as Sencha (green tea), Matcha (powdered green...

MOS Food Services Launches Dinner Set Menu.
January 25, 2003... MOS Food Services has started MOS Dinner Set at about 550 MOS Burger shops. There are four varieties of the set menu (480 yen to 780 yen) including Beef Stroganoff no Chapata Sand Set that has two side dishes including fries, and Tomato no...

Pepper Food Service Opens High Quality Burger and Steak Restaurant.
January 25, 2003... Pepper Food Service, which operates steak chain Pepper Lunch, has opened Mr. Kuniemon, a new type restaurant that serves steak and high quality hamburgers in Tokyo. The hamburger menu with salad and soup is 1000 yen and with a cheeseburger it...

McDonald's Japan Starts New Type Set Menu.
January 25, 2003... McDonald's Japan has started the new set menu Mac Choice. It offers more varieties of items such as salad and shakes. Previous set menu choices were limited to hamburgers, French fries and drinks. The price of new sets is 500 or 550 yen...

Acta Fold-up Sushi Tray Saves Work Space.
January 25, 2003... Acta of Koga City, Fukuoka Prefecture, sells the One Ori tray for Japanese foods like sushi. The tray consists on an outer holder that folds flat when not in use. When the food packager is ready to fill trays, the holder is folded into a...

Osakana Kikaku Shipping System Gets Fish to Far off Restaurants with Speed, Freshness.
January 25, 2003... Osakana Kikaku hopes to bring extremely fresh fish to city dwellers across Japan using acupuncture anesthetizing, special packages and air transportation. The company recently started same-day shipping of freshly caught salmon from Hokkaido...

Easy-open Film by Okada Shigyo Used for More Products.
January 25, 2003... Okada Shigyo's easy-open Hi-GAL Linear Cut Film has been used for various packages such as pillow-packs and four-side-seal packages for food and pharmaceutical products. The Hi-GAL Linear Cut Film is a multi-layered compound film with a...

Asai Corporation Releases Bamboo Chopsticks in Transparent Film Package.
January 25, 2003... Asai Corporation has started manufacturing and selling bamboo chopsticks in film packages. The company has developed an automatic chopsticks packaging machine, the Kosoku Sanpo Seal Hosoki IP-200L, for bamboo chopsticks. The machine places...

Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratory, Capsugel Team to Create Pullulan-Based Capsules.
January 25, 2003... Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratory has helped develop quick-dissolving capsules made of the polysaccharide pullulan. The company will provide the raw materials for its collaborator, New Jersey-based Capsugel, to manufacture in France. ...

Aoki Technical Laboratory Improves System for Easy PET Bottle Recycling.
January 25, 2003... Aoki Technical Laboratory seeks to simplify PET bottle recycling as well as expand sales with the upgrade of its recycling system and the offering of several peripherals. The upgraded 250LL-50S has a shorter molding cycle and lower incidence...

Daiwa Kogyo Technology Mixes Plant Fiber, Biodegradable Plastic.
January 25, 2003... Hyogo Prefecture-based Daiwa Kogyo reports strong interest and orders for the yield of its new Ecopure molding process. The raw materials start with plant fiber, to which is added starch, natural binder and a small amount of biodegradable...

Tecola Biodegradable Series from Totsuya.
January 25, 2003... Totsuya has introduced the Tecola series of environmentally friendly laminated papers, choosing a name that abbreviates "Totsuya Ecological Lamination." The series includes Tecola G, a paper that is as glossy as polypropylene-coated paper and...

NKK Process Laminates Coiled Steel Plate with Resin.
January 25, 2003... NKK has developed a process to coat coiled steel plate with resin, a breakthrough that will contribute to production efficiency and quality stability. In the process, the steel is uncoiled to pass through a heater, followed by rollers to put...

I-Tank Develops Conductive, Reliable Glue with Silver Powder.
January 25, 2003... I-Tank, a venture for materials development, has developed an electrically conductive glue in a joint project with a Kyoto Prefecture small business development center. The form of silver used, made from silver nitrate and other compounds,...

Hokuetsu Paper Mills Announces Environmentally Friendly Paper-Resin Material.
January 25, 2003... Hokuetsu Paper Mills, Ltd. has developed a method for manufacturing a new paper-based material dubbed E-Pellet. It can be used for general products currently made from other polymers. Consisting of polypropylene (42%) and pulp (55%) with...

Sumitomo 3M Rolls out New Case Sealer-Labeler.
January 25, 2003... Sumitomo 3M has developed a case sealer-labeler called the 3M-Matic Side Label Applicator SA 2000 for production lines. Its suggested price is 3.5 million yen. The SA 2000 is capable of printing alphanumeric characters, barcodes and other...

Frontier Introduces Small PET Drinking Cup Former.
January 25, 2003... Frontier, a maker of plastic forming equipment in Nagano, has developed a rotary former for manufacturing small drinking cups from polyethylene teraphthalate (PET) resins. The cups from this machine are over three times as strong as...

Toyo Engineering Works Introduces Novel Ice Machine.
January 25, 2003... Toyo Engineering Works, Ltd. has introduced a flake ice machine for the fish distribution and food packing industries. The 0.5mm size flakes are produced by flowing water mist through tubes which are surrounded by refrigerated air; the frozen...

GSI Creos Packager without Metal Clips.
January 25, 2003... GSI Creos has introduced a new model of clip-less packager to its line. The Rocket Boy RB-1 uses ultrasonic beams rather than metal clips to seal packaging. Metal clips work well for the sealing of packages for wet contents, but such...

Mutsumi Chemical Develops Water-Soluble Ink for Rotogravure Printing on Thin Paper.
January 25, 2003... Mutsumi Chemical Industries and two partners in the ink industry have created water-soluble rotogravure ink for use in printing on thin paper (21-30 grams/square meter). Water-soluble rotogravure inks already exist for use on projector...

Osaka Institute of Environmental Life Science Inc. Develops Waste Oil Decomposing System.
January 25, 2003... Osaka Institute of Environmental Life Science Inc. and Koito Jushi have jointly developed O-goreactor, which uses microorganisms to decompose waste oil from restaurants. The system separates oil from water before discharging wastewater into...

Chokaku Gravure and Plast Create New Free-Standing Pouch.
January 25, 2003... The Edge Stand container from Chokaku Gravure and Plast Corporation is a free-standing pouch designed with a skirt that makes it more stable. Rectangle shaped and including a side gusset, filled packs stack up neatly with no excess space...

Two New Tray Series from Kitahara Industry.
January 25, 2003... Kitahara Industry offers two tray series with added functionality. The KF Series includes main trays made of PP filler capable of tolerating temperatures of up to 130 degrees C and OPS lids that seal tightly. The trays have dividers and are...

Showa Denko Plastic Products Sealant Film Crosses Benefits of PE and PP.
January 25, 2003... Showa Denko Plastic Products is launching sales of a PE-based sealant film with all the regular advantages of PE plus the ability of PP to withstand retort treatment. PE is known for its strength and flexibility, while PP can tolerate higher...

Many New Tray Products from Chuo Kagaku.
January 25, 2003... Chuo Kagaku has released several new food containers, starting with the CT WRB (Wide Round Bento), designed with an arched profile, for box lunches. A similarly designed sister product is CT WRD (Wide Round Delica) for deli items, cut fruit...

Sanki Sangyo, Jisugrande Create Round Sushi Container from Recycled Milk Packs.
January 25, 2003... Sanki Sangyo and Jisugrande have jointly developed a round sushi tray made of 100% recycled milk packs. The new tray joins the Milkkit series of containers made from the same material. The product ships to the user in unassembled form. The...

Dai Nippon Printing's New Retort Pouch Ready to Go into Microwave.
January 25, 2003... The Untouch Through Wing Retort Pouch is specially designed for heating foods in the microwave without any pre-preparations to hold down internal pressure. The pouches contain wing-shaped portions held in place with a special seal. When the...

Horix Display Spells out Resource-Saving Advantages of Eco-Micron Strong Packs.
January 25, 2003... Horix's booth at October's Tokyo Pack show included a display making it easy to see the environmental advantages of Eco-Micron film bags. The product is made with OPP film 15 microns thick, as compared to the 20 or 25 microns more commonly...

Aoto Seitai Fish-Bag Includes Classy Looking Black Bag.
January 25, 2003... The Fish-Bag series from Aoto Seitai is a series of bags for keeping fish fresh and cooking them. The bags are made with an anti-fogging OPP sheet and a heat seal type OPP sheet surrounding a mid-layer nonwoven that catches drips and helps...

Toyama Yoseisha's Pail Box Perfectly Suited for Takeout.
January 25, 2003... Toyama Yoseisha manufactures the Pail Box, a paper and plastic container for take-out use. The paper walls are coated with plastic and manufactured especially to prevent leaks and tolerate microwave temperatures. The coating resists oil and...

Class-Act Pack Distinguishes Sawanotsuru Sake.
January 25, 2003... The Kobe-based sake brewer Sawanotsuru has added new offerings to the growing market for two-liter packs of sake. The two varieties include Wanosake and Kannosake. Each comes in an elegant-looking package featuring the color gold on a pattern...

House Foods Repackages Pure-In Juices for Appeal.
January 25, 2003... House Foods is repackaging its Pure-In line of healthful juices to appeal more strongly to consumers. The products now come in an updated bottle with a new label. Also, although House Foods has not changed the products themselves, it has...

Try Company, Kawakami Sangyo Develop Air Bubble Insulation Bag.
January 25, 2003... Try Company and Kawakami Sangyo have collaborated to make Alumi Puchi Bag and Kraft Puchi Bag, insulating bags made with bubble sheets lined respectively with aluminum or Kraft paper. The bags can hold drink cans and PET bottles, and larger...

Mikasa Sangyo, Keihan Cellophane Develop Standing Pouch Product with Spout.
January 25, 2003... Mikasa Sangyo and Keihan Cellophane have developed a standing pouch product with a spout. Mikasa Sangyo, which makes the caps and straw part that reaches into the pouch, sells the item as M Pack, while Keihan Cellophane makes the pouch...

Fukunaga Releases Freshness Keeping Box with Tourmaline.
January 25, 2003... Fukunaga has started sales of IONiZE, a line of box products printed with ink that contains tourmaline powder. The tourmaline produces negative ions that neutralize positive ions, thus keeping food and clothing fresh and germ-resistant....

Rewdopack Releases Easy-to-Assemble EPS Box.
January 25, 2003... Rewdopack is promoting sales of EPS box products, which are easy to put together and serve as gift and novelty goods. The new Mini Tissue Box comes in a sheet shape to save storage space and is easy to assemble without tools. The size is...

Dainippon Ink and Chemicals Offers Fog-Resisting OPS Sheet.
January 25, 2003... Dainippon Ink and Chemicals in January launched SHB, an OPS sheet product with exceptional anti-fogging properties. In side-by-side tests, the company put food products like sushi into containers made with SHB and others made from ordinary...

FP Corporation Releases Easy-Peel Tape for Plastic Food Container Lids.
January 25, 2003... Major food container maker FP Corporation has kicked off sales of easy-peel tape to hold lids to plastic food containers. The product Side Open Tape was developed using Tokyo Pax and Asahi Kasei Pax's patent and processing technology. Several...

Chugoku Pearl Chemical Launches New Catering Container Product.
January 25, 2003... Chugoku Pearl Chemical has released Shinkaiseki NU Series Mino, a new line of catering containers made of PS. The product is shaped to be beautiful and dignified while making handling easy. The new products have supports in the middle to...

Nihon Yamamura Glass Announces Universal Design Bottle.
January 25, 2003... Nihon Yamamura Glass Bottle Company has developed a bottle of "universal design," that is, one that is easier to handle and use. The company has experimentally produced three items: a 720ml bottle for refined sake, 720ml bottle for wine and...

Sumi Releases Larger Containers for Japanese Confections.
January 25, 2003... Sumi has released two large-size containers for Japanese sweets in the Escon Series. The new "size for two" product can hold two larger sweets such as ohagi (rice cake covered with bean jam). The containers are made of PS with a black or wood...

Hinomaru Releases New-Shape Sashimi Container.
January 25, 2003... Hinomaru has released a sashimi (fresh slices of raw fish) container, the WW (Double Wave) Series. The product has been developed with a new shape to target the fresh fish market. The container and the lid have a wavy form and the bottom of...

Yoshinaga Hoso Special MealsTakes Packaging Orders Using Functional Paper Containers.
January 25, 2003... Yoshinaga Hoso has proposed takeout product packaging using Chugoku Pearl's Food Pail, a heat-and oil-resistant paper container that assembles easily. Sakana Center Chuoten of Marumata, a processed seafood maker, has accepted the idea for its...

Kitahara Sangyo Releases Boxed Meal Containers and Trays to Serve Special Meals.
January 25, 2003... Kitahara Sangyo has released new products such as the boxed meal container KF Series and kaisekizen (tray for dainty and refined Japanese dishes, each served individually) Karuta Series. Other new kaisekizen lines are the Shungiku, Akashi,...

Ion Drink for Pets.
January 25, 2003... Shiga Prefecture based Bio has released "Best Drink" a fortified electrolytic drink product for pets specially formulated to replenish lost water during walks or when suffering from diarrhoea or general lack of appetite. Nutrients...

New Spaghetti for Gratin from Hagoromo Foods.
January 25, 2003... Hagoromo Graspa, from Hagoromo Foods, is a spaghetti intended for use in gratin. It is 1.8mm in diameter and 12.5cm in length and requires boiling for 5 minutes. It needs only the addition of sauce and other ingredients to make a delicious...

New Wiener from Itoham Foods.
January 25, 2003... Itoham Arabiki Jun Jokyu Wienner, from Itoham Foods, is a coarse-ground 100% pork wiener stuffed in natural lamb's intestines. The lightly smoked product is seasoned with soy sauce and has a mild Japanese-style taste. The price is 220 yen...

New "Meiji Soup de Genki" Series from Meiji Milk Products.
January 25, 2003... The "Meiji Soup de Genki" series from Meiji Milk Products is a line of retort-pouched soup products which is made from vegetable paste, cream and chicken soup and contains 5g of protein and 4g of dietary fiber. The series consists of three...

New Seasoning Mixes for Making Egg Dishes from Kaneso 22.
January 25, 2003... The Kaneso Tamago Yaki-no Moto series from Kaneso 22 is a line of seasoning mixes which requires only the addition of eggs to make a delicious egg dish. The series includes three varieties. "Honkaku Dashi Maki" contains lots of bonito stock....

New Almighty Dressing from Yamakiya Foods.
January 25, 2003... Yamakiya Goma Ponzu, from Yamakiya Foods, is an almighty dressing that contains aromatic domestic citron juice and parched sesame seeds. It contains no preservatives or additives to bring out the full flavor of the ingredients. It is most...

New Cookies from Morinaga & Co.
January 25, 2003... The Morinaga Sozai Select series from Morinaga & Co. is a line of high-quality crunchy cookies made using lots of carefully selected ingredients. The series includes two items. "Hokkaido Butter Garet" contains 30% butter from Hokkaido and...

Two New Spring-Only Biscuit and Cookie from Morinaga & Co.
January 25, 2003... Morinaga & Co. has launched two new spring-only biscuit and cookie. "Morinaga Well <Vanilla & Ichigo>" is a crisp cocoa-flavored cookie sandwiching cream. It is an assortment comprising two flavors - "Vanilla Cream" which sandwiches...

New Pie Product from Morinaga & Co.
January 25, 2003... Angel Patiche Petit Mille-Feuiller, from Morinaga & Co., is crisp pie product sandwiching custard cream and strawberry-flavored chocolate. It features the exciting acidty of the strawberry. A 50g cardboard box is open-priced.

New Premium Draft Beer from Suntory.
January 25, 2003... Malt's Super Premium 2003, from Suntory, is a premium draft beer which is made using 20% more malt and 100% more hops harvested in the year of 2002 and features deep body and taste and rich aroma and bitterness. Alcohol content is about 5.5%....

New Draft Beer from Kirin Brewery.
January 25, 2003... Kirin Maroyaka Kobo, from Kirin Brewery, is a golden draft beer which is made from germ barley, germ wheat and hops and features a refreshing aroma and mild body. Alcohol content is about 5%. A 330ml one-way glass bottle costs 238 yen.

New Type of Draft Beer from Asahi Breweries.
January 25, 2003... Asahi Minori Zanmai, from Asahi Breweries, is a new type of draft beer that is made with only rice and fermented rice extract and features a very soft taste. Alcohol content is about 5%. It comes in 500ml cans (286 yen) and 350m cans (218...

Two New Canned Cocktails from Godo Shusei.
January 25, 2003... Godo Shusei has launched two new items as part of its "La Cocktail" series of canned cocktails. "Screw Driver" is an easy-to-drink cocktail that is based on vodka and includes orange juice with moderate acidity. "Margarita" is a slightly...

New Low-Alcohol Drink from Godo Shusei.
January 25, 2003... Godo Can Chu-Hi Sokai , from Godo Shusei, is a cocktail made from grape juice and a Japanese-style vodka "shochu." It is made using the company's own non-heating production method (which squeezes the juice from a fresh grape without the...

New Additive Free Wines from Hakodate Wine.
January 25, 2003... The Hakodate Mutenka Fruit Wine series from Hakodate Wine is a line of natural-oriented wine products which is made with 100% fruit juice and contains no additives or flavorings. The series consists of three varieties - Strawberry, Cassis and...

Two New Potato Chips from House Hoods.
January 25, 2003... House Foods has launched two new items as part of its "O'ZACK" series of potato chips. "Thai Style Barbecue Chicken" is flavored with grilled chicken and sweet chili sauce. "Onion Gratin Sauce" is seasoned with roasted onions and cheese. The...

New Potato Chip with Cheese Fondue Flavor from Calbee Foods.
January 25, 2003... Calbee Foods has launched a new item "Potato Chips Cheese Fondue" as part of its "Calbee Pari Pari Variation" series of potato chips. The product uses full-bodied cheese and allows the consumer to enjoy the taste of the cheese fondue. A 75g...

New Winter-Only Potato Chip from P&G Far East.
January 25, 2003... Kikan Gentei Pringles Western Barbecue, from P&G Far East, is a crisp fabricated potato chip which has a barbecue flavor. A 184g cylindrical container is open priced.

New Chocolate Snack from Morinaga & Co.
January 25, 2003... Morinaga Choco Flake , from Morinaga & Co., is a chocolate snack made by coating crisp corn flakes with caramel-flavored chocolate. It is targeted at males and females in their teens-30s. A 120 bag is open-priced.

New Fabricated Potato Chip from S&B Foods.
January 25, 2003... S&B Tsukishima Monjayaki Aji Potato Chips, from S&B Foods, is a fabricated potato chip which tries to reproduce the taste of the Japanese-style pizza called "Tsukishima Monjayaki." It is kneaded with cabbage, shrimp and squid and flavored...

Two New Snacks from Yamayoshi Seika.
January 25, 2003... Yamayoshi Seika has launched two new wheat-based crisp snack foods. "Sakuzo Nori Shoyu Aji" is seasoned with sweet and spicy soy sauce and contains flavorful "nori" laver. "Sakuzo Shitamachi Sauce Aji" is flavored with piquant sauce. The...

Two New Snacks from Kibun Shokuhin.
January 25, 2003... Kibun Shokuhin has launched 2 new snack food products. "Chee-Chiku <Salami & Garlic Cheese>" is a salami (made with only beef and pork) stuffed with cheese containing garlic. "Chee-Chiku <Karashi Mentaiko & Cheese>" is the company's original...

Two New Ice Creams from Napoli Ice Cream.
January 25, 2003... Napoli Ice Cream has launched two new ice cream products. "Napoli Kabocha Ice <Kokuto Sauce-iri>" is blended with strained pumpkin and includes brown sugar sauce to enhance the flavor of the pumpkin. "'Napoli Adzuki Ice <Yuzu-iri>" is mixed...

New Ice Cream Stick from Kanebo Foods.
January 25, 2003... Kanebo Kisetsuno Fruit Ichigo, from Kanebo Foods, is a stick-shaped ice cream product. It is an assortment comprising a sherbet with a strawberry flavor and a vanilla ice cream mixed with sherbet. The price is 300 yen for a box of 10 sticks...

New Cupped Ice Creams from Kanebo Foods.
January 25, 2003... Kanebo Foods has launched two new items as part of its "Kanebo Rainbowhat" series of cupped ice cream products which allows the consumer to enjoy three different flavors with a cup. "Maple Walnut/Strawberry/Rare Cheese Cake" contains maple...

New Cupped Ice Cream from Kanebo Foods.
January 25, 2003... Kanebo Vietnum Coffee, from Kanebo Foods, is a cupped ice cream product which contains aromatic Vietnamese coffee and slightly bitter espresso and is topped with sweet and full-bodied condensed milk. A 150ml cup costs 100 yen.

New Mini-Sized Cup Ice Cream from Kanebo Foods.
January 25, 2003... Kanebo Cups, from Kanebo Foods, is a bite-sized ice cream product packaged in a small 80ml cup. It is an assortment comprising four flavors - Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry and Matcha (powdered green tea). The price is 600 yen for a box of 8...

New Healthy Yogurt from Koiwai Nyugyo.
January 25, 2003... Koiwai Uruoi Yogurt, from Koiwai Nyugyo, is a wholesome yogurt product which contains collagen to help beautify the skin and 3% prune juice rich in minerals and dietary fiber. A 110g paper cup costs 120 yen.

New Ice Cream Stick from Meiji Milk products.
January 25, 2003... Meiji Saikoro Caramel Ice Bar, from Meiji Milk Products, is a stick-shaped ice cream made by transforming Meiji Seika's well-established caramel brand "Meiji Saikoro Caramel" into ice creams. The product is an assortment of two varieties -...

New Cone Type Ice Cream from Meiji Milk Products.
January 25, 2003... Meiji Ichigo Milk Sugar Cone, from Meiji Milk Products, is a cone type ice cream that consists of a chocolate-flavored crunchy cone and a milk-flavored ice cream mixed with lots of strawberry juice and pulp. The price is 350 yen for a box of...

Two New Healthy Tea Drinks from Kutsurogi Seicha.
January 25, 2003... Kutsurogi Seicha has released 2 new tea beverages. "Green D'Style" is a powder-form green tea beverage which contains "inositol" and "IP6" extracted from rice bran. It can supply all nutrients such as catechin, theanine, vitamins, minerals...

Eisai Launches Refreshing Digestive Drink Product.
January 25, 2003... Eisai has launched Sakuron Fresh, a mint flavored digestive drink with medicinal herbs such as perilla (Perilla frutescens) extract and other ingredients including chlorophyll, peppermint oil and carnitine chloride. The product comes in a...