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Raw materials & ingredients
What's the Difference Between Yakuzen and Kampo? A Gentle Look at Food vs. Crude Drugs, Purpose, and Philosophy
Have you ever thought, "Yakuzen and Kampo seem similar, but where do they differ?" Because both are rooted in Eastern medicine, they're easily confused, yet they are distinct things with clearly different roles. On this page, we organize the difference between yakuzen and Kampo through the lens of "food" and "medicine"... -
Raw materials & ingredients
What is yakuzen? Its meaning, the difference from kampo, and the basics of starting with familiar ingredients explained
Many people feel that "yakuzen seems good for you, but doesn't it require special ingredients or crude drugs?" In fact, yakuzen is a style of eating based on the ideas of Eastern medicine that you can start with everyday vegetables from the supermarket. On this page, we explain what yakuzen is... -
Food loss reduction
22 Companies Including Kagome Launch the "Vegetable-Shortage Solution Idea Contest 2026 for Those in Their 20s"—The Reality of 218g for Men and 210g for Women in Their 20s, Recruiting University-Born Solutions with 500,000 Yen in Total Prizes
22 companies led by Kagome launched an idea contest 2026 for students on March 2. Against intake of 218g for men and 210g for women in their 20s, it invites measures to close the gap to the 350g target. Realistic solutions such as keeping dried vegetables stocked in the office are also welcome. -
News
We Created an Efficacy Encyclopedia by Vegetable
Know the Efficacy of Each Vegetable! You want to live a health-conscious diet, but many people may struggle, thinking "I don't know what vegetable does what..." For such people, the [Efficacy by Vegetable] that compiles each vegetable's characteristics and uses from a yakuzen perspective... -
Health & nutrition
カフェインレスコーヒーは体に悪い?効果・抽出方法・選び方を解説
「カフェインレスコーヒーは体に悪い」「意味ないのでは?」と耳にしたことはありませんか?妊娠中の方や夜のリラックスにコーヒーを楽しみたい方にとって、本当のところを知りたい話題です。 結論から言えば、抽出方式を正しく選べばカフェインレスコーヒ... -
Product development
How to Develop Vegetable Tea for Business People: Product Planning That Captures Health Demand
For today's business people whose work centers on desk work, maintaining health is a major challenge. As more people struggle with a lack of vegetables and a lack of exercise, demand is rising for functional beverages that let you easily supplement nutrition. In particular, the new category of "vegetable tea" combines the nutrition of conventional tea and vegetables... -
Food OEM
How to start a health tea OEM | How to build a brand chosen for functional beverages
With health consciousness rising now, the functional beverage market continues its rapid expansion. Health tea in particular is supported by many consumers as an easily adopted daily health habit, and the 2024 market for foods with function claims is projected to top 600 billion yen. In such a huge market, one's own... -
Dried fruit
The Health Effects of Dried Fruit: A Summary of Benefits, Nutrition, and Cautions on Sugar
Dried fruit, sometimes imagined as a healthy light snack, is characterized by being eatable anytime and providing easy nutrition, thanks to drying fresh fruit to raise its shelf life. Such dried fruit has long been beloved worldwide, used as emergency rations and portable food... -
Dried fruit
Is Dried Fruit Good for Dieting? A Thorough Explanation of Calories and the Right Way to Eat It
Dried fruit is popular as a "natural snack," but many people may feel anxious about whether it's okay to eat while dieting. Because it's small in appearance but concentrated in nutrition, there are doubts such as "isn't it high in calories?" and "won't eating too much make me gain weight..." -
Novelties
10 healthy novelties that delight at company events
For company event novelties, is “towels and ballpoint pens” still okay? General meetings, founding anniversaries, safety conventions, year-end parties. Anyone in general affairs has surely wondered at least once what to give as a novelty at each company event. Towels, ballpoint pens, mugs... -
Novelties
Novelties for Health Promotion Month and Safety Week | Health goods that change awareness
What you’ll learn in this article: the effect of handing out novelties during Health Promotion Month and Safety Week; how to choose health-related goods that change employees’ awareness; a recommended novelty list by budget; distribution timing and tips to maximize impact; examples that were actually well received. The Health Promotion Month that comes every year (October...
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