Oyatsu Company – Healthy, Tasty and Profitable

Japanese snack food producer Oyatsu Company is proving as popular with parents as it is with children, thanks to a groundbreaking range of healthy treats. Best known for its ‘Baby Star’ ramen-based snacks aimed at everyone from children to adults, the company has been enjoying great success by offering foods containing nutritional ingredients with established health benefits. These include ‘Sozai Ichiba’, which substitutes wheat with surimi fish ingredients for greater nutrition. President Fumio Teshima believes this combination of good taste and good health is the key to moving the industry forward. “All food makers really need to consider the nutritional content of their food, due to increased customer awareness,” said Teshima. Since 1948, Oyatsu Company has been a cornerstone of the snack sector […]

Hakutsuru Sake Brewing – Raising a Glass to Quality, History and New Flavors

Sake is one of the most iconic and instantly recognizable Japanese products in the world. For Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co., Ltd., the country’s national drink isn’t just the cornerstone of its global beverages business, it’s a labor of love. For 280 years, the firm’s skilled artisans have been hand-washing rice and gently crafting ingredients into multi-award-winning products that have played a key role in the industry at home and abroad. Based in the region of Nadagogo–the traditional home of sake dating as far back as 1330–the company has a proud history, but is also diversifying for the future. Its product range today stretches from different styles and  flavors of […]