Ito Ham is conducting a 3 phase giveaway involving items that go well with sandwich meats. We are now in the second phase of this giveaway and the prize is a speciality bread (half a loaf) and commemorative plates.
Recette is an online bakery which sells specialty bread at pretty steep prices: 30 dollars for a loaf or 15 dollars for half a loaf (pictured above).
The plates commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Hello Kitty.
伊藤ハム
http://www.itoham.co.jp/campaign/asafresh2014/
Photo is a web capture for explanatory purposes, copyright belongs to the company.
Anyone interested in chemistry, science or food chemistry should definately follow Compound Interest which post great graphics daily. This post is about Xylitol Gum which is a very popular functional ingredient here in Japan.
http://www.compoundchem.com/2014/09/04/xylitol/
Photo is a web capture for explanatory purposes, copyright belongs to the company.
Different varieties of barley are used for barley tea and for whiskey/beer. This nice illustration shows the difference. Six-row barley on the right is used for barley tea and two-row barley on the left is used for whiskey/beer. The two row barley has lower protein and higher carbohydrate content and therefore is more suitable for fermentation. However for some varieties of both whiskey and beer, six-row barleys are used. ニッカ
http://www.nikka.com/
Photo is a web capture for explanatory purposes, copyright belongs to the company.
This is an emergency ready vending machine that in case of an earthquake or other major emergency will provide safety information and give out drinks free of charge. コカコーラ
http://www.cocacola.co.jp/
Photo is a web capture for explanatory purposes, copyright belongs to the company.
Ben & Jerry's toasts summer goodbye. ベン＆ジェリーズ
http://www.benjerry.jp/
Photo is a web capture for explanatory purposes, copyright belongs to the company.
Asahi is offering a special version of their long selling Mitsuya Cider line which includes Orin variety apples from Aomori Prefecture. This is a special variety of golden delicious apple. 王林 青森県 三ツ矢
http://www.asahiinryo.co.jp/mitsuya-cider/
Photo is a web capture for explanatory purposes, copyright belongs to the company.
The end of the summer brings the reintroduction of Red Hot Chicken at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Japan. A whole meal of only Red Hot Chicken can be a bit much, so KFC often offers mixed sets also including regular original recipe chicken. ケンタッキーフライドチッキン
http://www.kfc.co.jp/
Photo is a web capture for explanatory purposes, copyright belongs to the company.
Morinaga has just introduced a mocha and cinnamon variety to its Mt. Rainier Caffe Latte line for the fall called the mochaccino, which is rated as very sweet. Looks like it is designed to compete with Christmas varieties at the big coffee chains. 森永
http://mtrainier.jp/
Photo is a web capture for explanatory purposes, copyright belongs to the company.
7-Eleven just opened its first convenience store in a train station on the island of Shikoku. So Japan's largest convenience store chain is making progress in this area where they have not traditionally been strong.
http://www.sej.co.jp/
Photo is a web capture for explanatory purposes, copyright belongs to the company.
Two Sanrio (the Hello Kitty company) characters Kirimi-chan (a slice of salmon) and Kamaboko-chan (a slice of fish paste) visit Lawson convenience store to promote new varieties of onigiri (rice balls).
http://www.sanrio.co.jp/character/kirimichan/
Photo is a web capture for explanatory purposes, copyright belongs to the company.
