Japan Food Products & Service Journal articles from November 2003

Japan Food Products & Service Journal archives from November 2003

Autumn Cakes with Seasonal Ingredients.
November 25, 2003... Confectionery companies and hotels are offering desserts with seasonal ingredients like chestnuts and sweet potatoes. Salon de The Angelina shops offer Mont-Blanc cake (original, chocolate and green tea flavors, 450 yen each) using French...

Chef Selected Vegetables Now Available to Consumers.(Matsuno)(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Vegetable wholesaler Matsuno has opened Matsuno Vegetable Garden at Tamagawa Takashimaya Shopping Center. The company supplies vegetables to famous restaurants and restaurant chains and is now making its selection expertise available to...

Liquor Sales Deregulated, Bringing Alcohol into New Services.
November 25, 2003... Since the Japanese government eased restrictions on alcohol sales in September, food service businesses have been rushing to fill the demand. Pizza Hut has applied for liquor licenses at about half of its shops, while rival pizza chain...

Saks Opening First Store in Japan.(SFA Japan)
November 25, 2003... The American department store Saks will open its first store in Japan in the autumn of 2005. Saks Incorporated and five US and Japanese partner firms have established SFA Japan. The new company will operate directly managed stores and supply...

Market Surveyor NPD Group Readies for Japan.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... NPD Group, which conducts market surveys via the Internet, is coming to Japan. The company has established a new company jointly with the Japanese survey company Util. NPD Group conducts food service surveys, and its new 75% subsidiary Japan...

Starbucks Coffee Japan Starts Selling Eco-Friendly Shade Grown Coffee.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Starbucks Coffee Japan has started selling coffee beans grown in tropical forest shade around the world. This growing method allows the forest to remain in cultivated areas and protects the natural environment. The Starbucks parent company in...

Shinozakiya Opens Soymilk Cafe.
November 25, 2003... Tofu manufacturer Shinozakiya has opened Soymilk Cafe in Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture. The cafe serves soymilk drinks and soy-based desserts in a warm atmosphere accentuated with wooden tables and chairs. The menu is targeted at health...

Food X Globe Expands Takeout Selections at Tully's.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Food X Globe is expanding deli sales at its Tully's coffee shops. The company has started selling deli-style food at a store in Kawasaki and now does so at a total of five shops. The company also operates green tea specialty store chain Koots...

Iga no Sato Mokumoku Farm Serves Pizza Baked with Wind Power.
November 25, 2003... Iga no Sato Mokumoku Farm has opened restaurant Kaze no Budo running on wind power in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture. The restaurant has a windmill on its property to generate the electricity used for its oven. The restaurant also uses healthier...

FamilyMart to Open in US in 2006.
November 25, 2003... FamilyMart will enter the US in 2006 with its first convenience store there, opening franchise stores in major cities on the West Coast. It hopes to open 200 shops in each of several major cities and surrounding areas. FamilyMart envisions a...

Ichigo Holdings Starts Franchise Chain Sells Ice Cream with Supplements.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Ichigo Holdings, operator of delivery pizza chain Strawberry Cones, is starting a chain of ice cream shops known as Donatello's. The company has bought seven luxury ice cream shops existing in department stores and is developing franchisees....

Kenmin to Market Germinated Rice.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Kenmin Japan's largest manufacturer of biifun (a noodle made of rice) has announced its entry into the germinated rice market with the release of "Hatsuga Genmai" a mineral and vitamin rich germinated rice product targeted at the catering...

Low Fat Flour for Frying.(from Takara Shokuhin Kogyo )(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Takara Shokuhin Kogyo has released "Sakku Saku Nama Painko" a natural flour specifically formulated for frying that retains from 30-50% less oil than conventional flour to produce healthier, lower calorie fried food. Preservative and additive...

Vegetable Sheets.(from Ryushobo)(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Nagoya based Ryushobo has released "Aka/Midori No Yasai De Tsukutta Sheet" 2 types of convenient and nutritious pastry sheets made of a flour base mixed with a vitamin and mineral rich vegetable paste. The 19cm square sheets are suitable...

Nissin Pharma Move in to Functional Beverage Market.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Nissin Pharma has announced its entry into the functional beverage market with the release of the health drink "Ryukuyan Q 10 Drink" containing the coenzyme Q 10. In addition to the fat burning and energy level enhancing coenzyme Q 10,...

Polyphenol Beer.
November 25, 2003... In response to the call from the Akita Prefecture Food Research Laboratory a number of microbreweries in the Akita region in the north of Japan have released a range of polyphenol enriched beers. (Clinical studies have shown that polyphenols...

Daiwa Gravure Super Cut Coating Improves with Age.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Super Cut Coating continues to be a popular choice for easy-open pouches eight years after its initial release. The product is a special coating to make pouches easier to tear open. Since no perforation is required, the pouches do not lose...

Continued Success for Idemitsu Unitech's Uniaslon TB Grade.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... After a decade on the market, Idemitsu Unitech's easy-tear nylon film Uniaslon TB Grade continues to find new applications. The film is less resistant to tearing than ordinary nylon but has four times the oxygen barrier. It is sturdy enough...

Tough Nylon Bag Goemon-Kun a Winner from Kurilon.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Kurilon's Goemon-kun is a tinted five-layer inflation nylon tube bag from Kurilon. The structure of the popular NNL grade contains not one but two layers of nylon, which increases resistance to pinholes while keeping the bag softer than...

Taiyo Kogyo Thinks Small with New Retail Fruit Containers.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Produce packaging company Taiyo Kogyo is putting the emphasis on small portions in its new lines of strawberry and cherry containers. For strawberries, there is the STR-12, designed to be just large enough to fit 12 relatively large...

Profits at Starbucks Drop 31%.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Starbucks Coffee Japan has announced that current profits for the April-to-June term fell 31% year on year to 297 million yen. Sales were up 8% to 14.6 billion yen and the number of shops at the end of June rose by 101 from the previous year...

Solid Mayo Cubes.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Asahi Denka Kogyo has announced the development of "Range De OK" solid mayonnaise cubes which turn to a regular mayonnaise consistency when heated. The regular sized cubes come in 2 sizes: 8mm (0.55g) and 4mm (0.08g) enabling them to be...

Non Coagulating Agar.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Japanese sugar refining giant Taito has announced the development of "Neo Agar" a new powder type agar that does not coagulate. The manufacturers are planning on marketing the substance to the food industry as well as manufacturers for use as...

Rice Flour Confectionery.(from Gunma Seifun )(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Rice flour milling giant Gunma Seifun has announced the development of "Ri Fariinu" a rice flour milled using a new independently developed method that enables it to be used in Western style confectionery. The new milling method reduces...

Water Soluble Coenzyme Q 10.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Pharmaceutical manufacturer Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo in conjunction with the food emulsifying agent manufacturer Taiyo Kagaku Kogyo has announced the joint development of "Kaneka Coenzyme Q 10 EP40" a water soluble form of the blood flow...

Hitachi Chemical Recycled EPS Has Virgin EPS Performance.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... The new RecyEPS from Hitachi Chemical is EPS made with 50% recycled material but with performance rivaling that of new material. Old EPS is crushed and new pieces are formed by bonding virgin material around the old. In addition to recycling...

New Legionella-Killing Catalyst from Nonami Science.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Nonami Science is marketing a new agent that uses visible light to produce activated oxygen and kill Legionella, the bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease. That is an improvement over earlier technologies that could only be activated by...

Nihon Tekuma Develops Woodworking Adhesive with Eucalyptus-Derived Plasticizer.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Nihon Tekuma and the Osaka Metropolitan Technological Research Institute have jointly created an environmentally friendly adhesive for woodwork applications. The product contains a eucalyptus extract that plasticizes the adhesive, thereby...

Tama Pack System Recycles Paper Waste Back into Fiber.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Tama Pack has developed a system for pounding waste paper back into fiber form, from which it can be developed into new applications. The system is energy efficient and requires no chemical input, so it is easy on the environment. One of the...

Tenmates, Kyoto Institute of Technology Create Biodegradable Component from Waste Food Oil.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Tenmates and the Kyoto Institute of Technology say they have found a way to create a biodegradable plastic component by using microorganisms to process waste food oil. A liter of waste food oil treated with 1.2 kg of microorganisms yields 600...

Recycled Plastic Pallet from RIC Assembles Easily.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Osaka-based pallet innovator RIC has come up with an inexpensive, easily assembled pallet made from recycled plastic. The pallet is an assembly of plastic bars and joints which users can easily adjust for different load sizes. A typical...

Starch-Based Biodegradable from Mitsubishi Chemical and Ajinomoto.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Mitsubishi Chemical will replace its petrochemical-based biodegradable plastic products with a newly developed biodegradable made from potato starch by 2006. In collaboration with food company Ajinomoto, Mitsubishi Chemical developed a way to...

Function-Flexible Package Inspector from Matsushita Electric Works Machine and Vision.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Matsushita Electric Works Machine and Vision offers the Ainspector-pack, a package inspection system that users can freely configure with any of five different units as needed. The first four units look for metal impurities, cap seal defects,...

Sanki Kogyo Designs Exceptionally Clean Conveyor.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Sanki Kogyo manufactures the beltless, magnet-driven Clean Conveyor for use in cleanrooms or any place working to implement HACCP, GMP or other standards of cleanliness. The Clean Conveyor comes in an accumulator form (CLAM) or typical drive...

Improved Fujimura Kinzoku System for Bonding Lids to Trays.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Fujimura Kinzoku used the recent A-PACK trade show to exhibit an improved version of its machine for bonding lock-on lids to plastic trays. The outer flange of the tray has extra space for glue. This portion is perforated so that once the lid...

Autopack NV550 Lettuce Packer from Kyodo Service.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... The NV-550 lettuce wrapper is the latest addition to the Autopack Series from Kyodo Service. The operator simply places a head of lettuce (up to 190 mm high and 220 mm across) on the pad and then removes the wrapped product from the chute....

New Cap Sealer from Fuji Impulse.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Fuji Impulse has unveiled the new cap sealer MRT-180MX-EU. Designed by take-out shops and pharmacies, the sealer is easy to use but gives a tight seal that prevents the loss of product characteristics. Although the seal is very secure, it is...

EDM Creates Handy Thermal Printer.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... The new MTP-3000 thermal printer from EDM features a control terminal that is separate from the main unit and therefore can be handled easily. The user need only interface with the terminal to set up the print data. The built-in calendar...

Yamaichi Kinzoku, Okaya & Co. Develop Ecomark-Winning Biomass Burner.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Yamaichi Kinzoku and Okaya & Co. have begun marketing the BMB (Biomass Burner) to generate power from food oil waste. Using such waste as fuel can ultimately reduce greenhouse gas emissions, since the fuel is the product of photosynthesis and...

Value X-Ray Impurities Detector from Anritsu Sanki Systems.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... The KD7305AW X-ray based system for detecting impurities is the cost-performance model from Anritsu Sanki Systems, selling for 20% less than comparable earlier models like the KD7203AW. The new product's 15-inch touch panel makes operation...

Keyence Barcode Terminal Among Lightest Available.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Built with Keyence Corporation's high-density design and optics technology, the BT-500 Series barcode terminal is among the lightest and thinnest barcode terminals on the market, weighing just 130 grams and measuring 16 mm thick. It comes...

Vegetable Based Plastic Film.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Horix has announced the development of "Green Gaiya" a biodegradable and stable plastic film made from vegetable sources. The plastic film is produced from poly lactic acid derived from corn starch and while relatively stable in normal...

Dainippon Ink and Chemicals Develops Resealable Film.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Dainippon Ink and Chemicals has realized a resealable film that can be used as a lid for a container or an opening for a pouch. This is the first easy to open and resealable film. The product Saifusei Film (resealable film) is a co-extruded...

Nisseki Plasto Develops Cross Oriented and Laminated Nonwoven.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Nisseki Plasto has developed cross oriented and laminated nonwoven Milife. The product was created by a combination of orientation technology used in the product Nisseki Claf with original spinning technique. It looks like textile fabric and...

Moon Inspired Bottles.(from Gekkeikan Sake Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... The Japanese sake and alcohol distillers Gekkeikan has released its new "Puti Moon Series" of rice wine type liqueurs in small, stylish 135ml bottles featuring a moon inspired rounded design. The bottles have taken the moon as its...

Catering Wet Wipes.(from Sansho)(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... The Kochi Prefecture based paper manufacturing company Sansho has recently released "My Kureiru Gyomu Yoh Jokin Wet Wiper" an antibacterial disposable wet wipe product made from natural fibre specifically for the catering industry. The...

Transparent Ceramic Metallized Film.(new packaging for Ezaki Glico Company Ltd. product)(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Ezaki Glico has re-released their tablet type confectionery "Will Relax Tablet" in a revamped bean shaped plastic container packaged in a transparent ceramic metallized film. The confectionery itself is intended as a nutritional...

Easy Opening Pull Tag.(from UCC Ueshima Coffee)(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... UCC Ueshima Coffee has released "UCC Coffee Milk & Coffee" a new canned coffee product featuring a new type of pull tag that is angled up at one end so is easier to both grip and lift and therefore less likely to damage fingernails. The...

Mini Size Instant Bowl Type Noodle Pots.(from Nissin Food Products Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Nissin Food Products have released Nissin Donbeihei Ontsuyu Osomen Mini" a Japanese style noodle product in a "cute" pastel coloured mini size container specifically intended for the female consumer. Unlike conventional noodle packaging...

JSP Strengthens Permanent Static Electricity Prevention Products.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... JSP has strengthened its permanent static electricity prevention products by releasing a highly foamed polyethylene sheet, Mira Mat A (Ace). The product is highly flexible so it is easy to process. It is targeted at home electronics and food...

Tohcello Develops High Humidity Barrier Films.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Tohcello has developed two OPP based coating films that can function well under high humidity conditions. The products AOP-EX and AOP-EXS can hold contents up to water activity 0.92 and are suited to water-based ink printing. The company is...

Daiichi Omiya Releases New PP Sheet Box.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Daiichi Omiya has released a new item of foamed PP sheet case Do Celler Box CXII-TL. The product was exhibited at A-PACK in June and was quite popular. The company also exhibited Plapanel DO, a board for bottle transportation. CXII-TL uses...

Fujimori Kogyo Puts Design on PTP Package.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Fujimori Kogyo has developed Mono-PTP, a package for capsules and pills using the same PP material for bottom and top. The product has a design on the bottom put there by gravure printing. PTP packaging for pharmaceutical products has been...

Nishimune Adds Rectangular Type to its EV Pack Container Series.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Nishimune's EV Pack series of sealing containers with lids already has a round type with 12 items, and now the company has added a newly developed rectangular type with 12 items. The products are high quality sealing containers. They are easy...

Tokai Aluminum Foil Launches Microwavable Aluminum Tray.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Tokai Aluminum Foil has developed Microcook, an aluminum foil container with a specially treated surface. It can be heated in a microwave oven and does not spark. The product can withstand up to 300 degrees C, so it can be baked in a...

Risu Pack Sells Easy to Open Sushi Containers.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Risu Pack has been selling Sushi Komachi, a sushi container series. The product has two little buttons to push for easy opening of the lid. The container is rather shallow to make the contents look more appealing and is made of light PSP so...

Tomei Kagaku Kogyo Develops Plastic Container with Special Cap Seamer.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Tomei Kagaku Kogyo has developed the plastic molded lid capping system Lip's in Cap. Special gathers around the lid are pushed inside of the container's lip using a cap seamer to close the lid onto the container. With the product it is easy...

Sakai Kagaku Kogyo Releases Polypropylene Board Box.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Sakai Kagaku Kogyo has released Minadan Handy and Lamidan Handy (laminated type), board boxes made of hollow polypropylene sheet. The products can be folded three or four times making them easy to carry or store. The company already sells...

Daikoku Kogyo Develops Anti-Bacterial Sheet to Cover Food.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Daikoku Kogyo has developed Wasa Pearl See Through Kokin Kakegami (see through and anti-bacterial sheet) to cover food. The product is a Japanese paper-like cellulose nonwoven coated with anti-bacterial agent mustard oil (allyl...

TTC Launches Anti-Bacterial Sheet Product.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... TTC has launched anti-bacterial and anti-mold sheet Wasa Pearl Multi Sheet using extract of natural wasabi horseradish and mustard. The product was exhibited at the Japan International Seafood Show held by the Japan Fisheries Association. The...

Ice Coffee Machine.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... FMI has released "Cafetron CT-141+CT1003C" a professional coffee maker featuring an ice coffee attachment. The device features an airtight coffee storage unit designed to prevent a deterioration in flavour due to oxidation. The amount of...

Stainless Baking Oven.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Tanico has released "Baking Oven Vesta Series TVO 4R - SSS" a stainless steel rust resistant and highly durable baking oven. The product features a unique one way ventilation system that efficiently removes excess moist air from the...

Pot Plant Speakers.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... US audio specialist Rockustics has released "Omniplanter" a range of plastic, lightweight, high performance audio speakers in the shape of planters through Onkyo Tokki. The actual speaker with a 360-degree output range is integrated into...

Power Efficient Back-Light Board.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... JIC has released "LED Light Plate" an energy efficient store window back-light board. The product consists of an acrylic plate that is lit up from the rear, highlighting posters, etc. placed on top. Instead of conventional fluorescent...

Menu Template Computer Program.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
November 25, 2003... Grapac Japan has released "Sugo Ude Design Menu Word" a CD ROM containing 700 menu designs put together by professional graphic artists. The Microsoft Word 2002 compatible program is able to make a wide variety of different menu types...

Table Top Banner Making Kit.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Tokyo based Too has released "POP Factory Mini Nobori" a kit set for making small 26cm high advertising banners for displaying on table tops. Each kit consists of 2 cloth banners, printing ink and a freestanding pole type frame. A range...

Bitter Melon Seasoning Mix.(from Nippon Shokken)(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Nippon Shokken has released "Goya Chanpuru" a liquid type condiment containing "Goya" a type of bitter melon rich in vitamin C. Unlike many vegetables, the vitamin C in the goya is not destroyed in the heating process, making it a...

Mineral Rich Natural Salt.(from Paradise Plan )(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Okinawa Island based Paradise Plan has released "Yuki Shio" a mineral rich natural salt made from deep sea water. The water used in the product is dredged up from the pristine waters surrounding Miyako Island and is concentrated before...

Soft Water Beer.(marketed by Nesco Japan )(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Nesco Japan has begun the marketing of the French beer "Mont Blanc" a beer brewed with water extracted from a source 2074 metres above sea level. In addition to its purity, the water is exceedingly soft (12.2) providing the beer with its...

Hemp Seed Extract Low Malt Beer.(from Ale Japan )(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Ale Japan has recently announced the release of "Asa No Shizuku" a low malt beer containing a hemp seed extract. The hemp seed extract provides an excellent source of proteins and essential amino acids and gives the beer a uniquely rich...

Chinese Style Rice Wine.(Shokoshu imported by Eishogen)(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Eishogen has begun the importation of the popular Chinese style rice wine Shokoshu. Aged for 5 years, the wine features both a soft, mellow flavour and bouquet. Alcohol content = 16%. Price: 640ml bottle = 1,150 yen, 9 litre jug = 14,000 yen.

Exclusive Rice Wine "Shochu" Vodka.(from Akitaken Hakko Kogyo)(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Akita Prefecture based distillery Akitaken Hakko Kogyo has released "Komezo" a Japanese style vodka "Shochu" made with the flavoursome rice strain "Akitakomachi" and melt water from the pristine Kurikoma mountain range in Northern Japan. To...

Southern French Burger from McDonalds.(McDonald's Company (Japan) Ltd.)(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... The fast food hamburger chain McDonalds has announced a number of additions to its usual menu. The products include: "Southern French Ratatouille Sandwich" consisting of a hamburger with zucchini and chick peas in a thick, French style...

Exclusive Burger from Mos.(Mos Food Services Inc. releases Nippon No Burger Takumi)(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... The Japanese fast food burger chain Mos Burger (300 outlets located nation-wide) has announced the release of "Nippon No Burger Takumi" an exclusive beef burger retailing at over twice the price of its rivals. The burger itself consists...

New Rice Riceballs.(from FamilyMart Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... The convenience store chain FamilyMart has announced plans to market a range of rice balls wrapped in seaweed and containing a variety of fillings such as poached salmon, spicy cod roe and pickled plums, etc. made with newly harvested rice....

Gaba Rich Soya Bean Sprouts.(from Salad Cosmo)(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Salad Cosmo grower and supplier of salad vegetables has announced the release of "Hatsuga Daizu Aomame" green soy bean sprouts rich in the substance GABA (Gamma aminobutyric acid) clinically proven to help reduce blood pressure. The...

Pepper Mayonnaise French Fries.(from First Kitchen )(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... The fast food outlet First Kitchen has announced the 24th addition to their range of flavoured French fries first released in 1996. The pepper mayonnaise fries consist of French fries fried in a rich mayonnaise and sprinkled with black...

New Flavoured Frozen Boiled Vegetables.(from Nippon Suisan)(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... In response to consumer concerns regarding pesticide residue in vegetables, and the pressures on modern home keepers to serve wholesome food Nippon Suisan is set to release "Ajitsuki ReitoYasai" 2 pre-flavoured frozen boiled vegetable...

Restaurant Meat Odour Deodoriser.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
November 25, 2003... The Kobe based environmental system improvement manufacturer Aiensu has announced the development of an environmentally friendly biological type deodorising agent that used enzymes to breakdown fried meat and fat odour particles in the air....

Noodle Soup Fat Cleansing Device.
November 25, 2003... Hitachi Kinzoku in conjunction with Shimoda Ecotech has announced the release of a device designed to filter out the fat and oil from Chinese noodle style soup, etc. - a common cause of drain blockage and odours. The small size (W: 35cm...

New Wines from Sapporo Breweries.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Sappro Breweries has released four new "Polair" brand wine products. "Yuki Budode Tsukutta Mutenkano Aka Wine" (Alc. under 14%) is an additive-free sweetish red wine made with 100% organic grapes. A 720ml Glass bottle costs 700 yen. ...

Two New Premium Cocktails from Suntory.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Suntory has added 2 new items to its "Suntory Super Chu-Hi." series of premium cocktails made from fruit juice and a Japanese-style vodka "shochu". "Sparkling Royal Muscat of Alexandoria" is a carbonated cocktail which contains 7% Muscat...

New Low-Malt Beer from Sapporo Breweries.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Sapporo Hokkaido Namashibori, from Sapporo Breweries, is a low-malt beer that uses domestic malt from Hokkaodo and hops from the Furano region of Hokkaido. Malt content: under 25%. Alcohol content: 5.5%. It features a soft, refreshing taste....

New Wholesome-Oriented Liqueurs from Godo Shusei.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... Godo Shusei has launched 2 new items as part of its "Godo Ishoku Dogen" series of liqueurs developed on the basis of an old Eastern saying that meidines and foods form the same root of health. "Rose Hip" contains rose hip juice and...