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The big picture of the challenges apple farming now faces. Apples are a familiar sight at the table, but their cultivation sites face a stack of overlapping structural problems: a shrinking farming workforce, changing growing conditions, labor concentrated in the harvest season, and ever-rising costs. It's not any one cause alone, but several...

There are more chances to hear the term fair trade. You spot products with a certification mark at supermarkets and cafés, or see it featured in companies' sustainability reports—it is steadily spreading in Japan too. This article covers the basic definition of fair trade...

What you'll learn in this article: the four drying methods for dried vegetables and their characteristics, a comparison of nutrition, cost, texture, and use, recommended drying methods by purpose, and points to check when buying. With dried vegetables, the "drying method" makes a big difference in quality. When you look for "dried vegetables" at the supermarket or online, similar-looking ...

The Supermarket Trade Show (SMTS) is a business-oriented trade show for the food distribution industry, attracting buyers from supermarkets across Japan as well as retailers, wholesalers, trading companies, ready-made meal and restaurant businesses. Buyers looking for suppliers of products to stock on their shelves and manufacturers who want to pitch their products...

CAFERES JAPAN is a specialist trade show that brings together the products, equipment and services needed to open and run food businesses such as cafes, coffee shops, bakeries, sweets shops and takeout operations. Beverages like coffee and tea, confectionery and baking ingredients, packaging containers and deli...

Winter melon is a summer vegetable known for its mild yet gentle sweetness and juiciness. Our dried winter melon uses Kyoto-grown raw material carefully dried at low temperature, so it reproduces a natural texture and flavor even when rehydrated in stews and soups. Because it lets you handle high-moisture winter melon in a stable form, it is ideal for commercial kitchens and retort ...

Coconut Flower Sugar (Vietnam-Grown) | Commercial Raw Material Wholesale. A natural sweetener using 100% organic coconut nectar grown in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Containing abundant minerals, amino acids, and polyphenols, it can be used in a wide range of food development as an alternative to refined sugar or honey...

Product Overview of Dried Banana (Okinawa-Grown Island Banana + Overseas-Grown) A dried banana made by using, as appropriate, the rare "island banana" grown by partner farmers in Okinawa and stably supplied overseas-grown bananas. Island banana is small but prized for its rich sweetness and acidity, with an appealing special-feeling flavor. On...

Dried broccoli product overview. This dried broccoli uses broccoli grown in Kyoto Prefecture, bringing out its vivid green color and umami. Slow low-temperature drying concentrates the bright green color and flavor while keeping a firm texture. Even after rehydration, its vivid color and bite ...

The gentle ring of "Kyoto vegetables" is everyday life for Kyoto people, and for those living outside Kyoto it's an object of longing, evoking a certain nostalgia. Tied to seasonal events and dishes, they have nurtured a distinctive food culture. Today, with advances in agricultural technology, more can be enjoyed year-round...

On March 31, 2026, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries published the April growth conditions and price outlook for vegetables destined for the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market. With rainfall and rising temperatures since late February, the growth of many leafy vegetables has recovered, and cabbage and lettuce are expected to see supply slightly above average and prices fall year-on-year. On the other hand, last summer's...

According to the vegetable outlook in the Japan Agricultural News (dated March 29, 2026), the onion market at the Keihin Market is expected to turn to a downward trend. High prices have continued for a long time, but as shipment volumes of Saga Prefecture-grown onions increase, supply and demand ease, shifting toward a phase where the price level settles. Food processi...

Cabbage Stays High at 149 yen/kg in Late March—Amid Continued Price Instability of Spring Vegetables, Why the "Stability" of Dried Vegetables Draws Attention

Soaring resource prices, pressure for environmental consideration, the current toward sustainable management. What companies are now called on to have is a “use-it-all” mindset. Drawing attention is the use of “unused resources” overlooked until now—byproducts of discarded crops, ingredients dormant in regions, and what comes out during processing...

Alongside rising health consciousness, the functional food market is expanding rapidly. At its core are the nutrient-rich raw materials called "superfoods." A superfood is a food with excellent nutritional balance that contains many kinds of beneficial components, or one in which a particular beneficial component stands out...

Alongside rising health consciousness, interest in superfoods is expanding rapidly. Among them, moringa—called a "nutrient-rich tree"—contains a wide range of nutrients such as vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, iron, and amino acids, and is drawing attention as functional foods, powder products, and green-juice-type...

Demand for mugwort is rising markedly. Why is this Japanese herb, long beloved in Japan, now drawing so much attention? Behind it lie rising health consciousness, a reappraisal of Japanese herbs, and the discovery of new uses in the beauty and food industries. Especially since 2024...

Freeze-dried strawberry is a commercial ingredient adopted in confectionery, baking, granola, chocolate, and gifts. Because it rapidly freezes 90%-water strawberries and then dries them by vacuum sublimation, it becomes lightweight and long-term-storable while retaining color, aroma, and shape. When choosing for commercial use, shape, raw material...

The first snag in placing an OEM order for freeze-drying processing is the minimum-lot wall. For fruits such as strawberry and mango, it's common to require an order of around 500kg of fresh raw material, which becomes a major hurdle for prototyping-stage small D2C and SME manufacturers. This article covers, for material...

Fruit powder is an ingredient made by powdering fruits such as strawberry, mango, blueberry, apple, pear, yuzu, and banana. In confectionery, sweets, drinks, and nutritional foods, for formulations where fresh fruit or flesh is hard to use (dough or cream where you don't want to add moisture, products premised on heating or long-term storage...

Chocolate-coated strawberry sweets are a common sight in online shops and souvenir stores. They're popular thanks in part to inbound tourism, and those light, crisp strawberries are made by freeze-drying. Freeze-drying isn't just for emergency food and outdoor use; instant...

ねぎの売り場には、長ねぎ、白ねぎ、根深ねぎ、青ねぎ、葉ねぎ、小ねぎ、万能ねぎ、わけぎ、あさつきと、呼び名だけが増えていきます。同じものを指している言葉と、植物としてまったく別の作物を指している言葉が、同じ棚に並んでいるからです。 この記事...

Vegetable paste is a food ingredient made by heating and grinding fresh vegetables into a paste (a smooth, semi-solid form). Its high moisture content gives it a mellow mouthfeel, and it is used in sauces, baby food, sweets, and dressings. On the other hand, vegetable powder, dried vegetables, pi...

Commercial Kujo negi distributes "Kujo negi," one of the traditional vegetables that represents Kyoto, in three types—fresh, frozen, and dried—as a raw material for ramen shops, food manufacturers, boxed-lunch factories, and the like to use stably. To make the most of its distinctive sweetness and aroma and deep green, the optimal form for each use...

Wanting to source commercial vegetable powder in small lots—this is a challenge common to a wide range of businesses: restaurants, food manufacturers, EC operators, confectionery workshops, and more. The unit-price benefit of bulk sourcing is appealing, but considering inventory risk, loss at the prototyping stage, and cash flow, “first, at a scale of about 5–50 kg...

FABEX Kansai is one of the largest commercial food shows in western Japan specializing in prepared foods, deli, bento, ready meals and restaurants. Held at INTEX Osaka, it brings together food manufacturers, foodservice wholesalers, deli buyers from supermarkets and convenience stores, and product staff at restaurant chains in the Kansai and Kinki regions. East...

The Health Food Expo (HFE JAPAN) is a business-oriented trade show specializing in health foods, supplements and functional ingredients. Held at the same venue and on the same dates as ifia JAPAN, the International Food Ingredients and Additives Exhibition, it brings together raw material manufacturers, OEM contract manufacturers and related businesses in packaging and testing...

The International Food Logistics EXPO (Food LogiX) is a specialized trade show bringing together businesses that handle the transporting, storing and delivering of food, from import and export to domestic delivery, storage, packaging and import-export consulting. It is held at Tokyo Big Sight as part of JFEX, the International Food & Beverage Trade Week...

The FOOD Show is a combined trade show for food businesses covering institutional meals and large-scale cooking, food factory improvement, food logistics, food safety, and prepared and ready-made meals all at once. At Tokyo Big Sight, staff from institutional meal, ready-made meal and prepared food manufacturers, food factories, and logistics and wholesale businesses look for equipment, materials and...

JFEX Winter (International Food & Beverage Trade Week) is a late-autumn food business week at Tokyo Big Sight bringing together specialized shows for processed foods, wine and alcoholic beverages, premium foods and fresh foods, as well as an export business show for Japanese foods. Because domestic and overseas buyers gather at the same venue, sourcing...

Product overview of dried beets. Kyoto-grown beets, drawing attention as a superfood, are cut into two types—julienne and diced—and slowly dried at low temperature. Even after rehydration, a chunky texture and the natural sweetness unique to beets stand out. Drying softens the earthy smell characteristic of beets, and peeling…

"Kujo negi" is a green negi that represents Kyoto, certified as a Kyoto heirloom vegetable with about 1,300 years of history. It's an ingredient essential to Kyoto cuisine—Kyo-udon, Kyoto hot pot, and as a garnish—prized for the sliminess of its leaf flesh, the sweetness that increases in winter, and its rich aroma. This article covers Kujo negi's position as a Kyoto vegetable...

Agriture recently prototyped "sweet basil powder" using domestically grown sweet basil. Sweet basil is a herb with a refreshing aroma and faint sweetness, known as a versatile ingredient that elevates the flavor of a whole dish. The freshness distinctive of the fresh leaf...

Agriture recently prototyped "purple chili powder" using domestically grown purple chili. Purple chili is a variety rich in anthocyanin, prized for its beautiful purple color and fruity aroma. It has a deep richness within its heat, and gives color and flavor to dishes, sweets, drinks, and more...

Nameko is a mushroom prized for its distinctive sliminess and rich umami, widely enjoyed in miso soup, dressed dishes, and more. Drying concentrates the umami components and raises shelf life, so it can be used in a form suited to commercial and processing uses. Because nameko's texture and flavor remain firmly even after rehydration...

Agriture recently prototyped "lotus root powder" using domestically grown lotus root. Lotus root is widely cultivated throughout Japan, a vegetable prized for its crisp texture and gentle sweetness. It's used in a variety of dishes—simmered, stir-fried, deep-fried—and is rich in dietary fiber and vitamin...

Our brands OYAOYA, Letters from a Pear, and Agriture have been listed on "Urelio," a platform that supports international trade in food ingredients and processed products. Under the philosophy of "bringing more of Japan's deliciousness to the world through the power of IT and storytelling," Urelio connects domestic food...

Agriture has newly begun handling coconut ingredients based on fair trade principles. By connecting directly with farmers in producing regions and conducting fair transactions, it is an initiative that supports sustainable agriculture and livelihoods in those communities. Coconut is widely produced mainly across Asia...

このたび、Agritureでは、京都市右京区で収穫された柚子を使った「柚子パウダー」の試作を行いました。 京都市右京区の山あいでは柚子の栽培が続いています。寒暖差のある土地で育った柚子は皮に厚みがあり、香りがよく立ちます。加工の原料としても扱いや...

You want to make a food under your own brand. More and more companies are thinking this way. Entrants from other industries—retail, restaurants, startups—are becoming more active, and the food OEM market continues to expand. On the other hand, cases such as "the product didn't turn out as expected" or "costs exceeded expectations"...

Black tea OEM is a contract service for planning and manufacturing original black tea products under your own brand. You outsource everything—selecting tea leaves, blend design, flavoring, and packaging—to a specialist black tea manufacturer, allowing you to roll out black tea products bearing your own name from small lots. D2C, cafés, hotels, food...

As diets diversify today, there is demand not just for "getting nutrition" but for higher-value-added foods. Vegetables rich in functional components are drawing particular attention. Among them, the "Phytorich series" developed by Takii Seed offers a rich range of functional components you "choose by color."...