Research and development

Creating new value in food through
our unique ingredients and products

Seeking to add value to your food item through our
unique ingredients and products, we research hydrocolloids
like pectin and develop products through the combination of
various ingredients to achieve never-before-seen properties.
We also develop applied technologies intended for clients’ downstream
products. Every day we research new food solutions to bring unique,
one-of-a-kind foods to the world. 

Research and development

  • Researching hydrocolloids and other materials and achieving new combinations

    Researching hydrocolloids and other materials
    and achieving new combinations

    Our main products are polysaccharides like pectin, and we have many years of research experience in this domain, with deep knowledge of these products’ properties. This allows us to draw on the unique properties of each ingredient and achieve the best ways of using them, as well as draw out new and beneficial features. In recent years, we have been researching ingredients across multiple vectors like manufacturing process, form, and shape, allowing us to engineer new features and usages. In particular, our research emphasizes the combination of ingredients to produce new functionality and properties never seen before. By combining one ingredient with another, new benefits are achieved. Through cutting-edge research and development, we create new functionality to meet our customers’ diverse needs.

  • A range of technical applications for next-generation needs

    A range of technical applications
    for next-generation needs

    The results of our research into new ingredients and their combinations first come to life when realized in final form as downstream products. We develop foods for a range of applications, including desserts like jellies and puddings, as well as beverages, breads, and side dishes. We solve customers’ many issues and needs, as well as their ideas for brand-new, never-before-seen products by giving them form as food items. We develop extremely original and new ideas not seen anywhere else.

  • Achieving visible rating methods

    Achieving visible rating methods

    We employ internal data metrics to visualize taste and mouthfeel, and we maintain a range of apparatus and testing equipment for analyzing the particularities of food products. Utilizing these devices allows us to control the properties of foods in an advanced manner and develop new technologies for the effective combination of ingredients. In addition to this R&D environment, we utilize our deep and wide-ranging knowledge of foods and ingredients to design the ideal product for your needs.

  • Creation of original technology and discovery of new ingredients

    Creation of original technology
    and discovery of new ingredients

    We publish details of the mechanisms underlying the ingredients we work with and on new technological discoveries through patents, conferences, lectures, and industry journals. We are also actively pursuing the development of products for the growing elderly and healthcare sectors, as well as for rapid growth being seen in neighboring Asian countries. We are constantly searching for new functional ingredients that offer health and other benefits, and we procure highly original new items from overseas, assess them, and develop them into new products.