Food Science Japan

Kracie is selling gum aimed at older men who don't want to smell like older men. I looked up the main ingredient, geraniol , and it is...

This is a picture from the same store as shown in yesterday's post. Although not readable from this picture, this stand is displaying 2...

The local tea shops in Japan all have banners out in front announcing the "new tea" or newly harvested tea leaves. People who rea...

I just happened to come across this restaurant the other night. It was very late, so I didn't have time to give it a try. Anyway, even t...

Just as some people had been hoping that commodity prices and oil prices might have peaked, we are now seeing historic flooding in the US M...

According to this article in Investopeida, US food producers are showing increased profits resulting from higher prices. Heinz raised pric...

Japanese dairy farmers are also being squeezed by high food prices, or at least the Japanese government thinks so. According to this article...

Food companies are also reformulating or cutting serving size. Smaller packages, fewer slices, etc. has become the norm. Here is an example ...

My family and I occasionally eat at a Japanese food family restaurant chain called Yumean (夢案), which we all enjoy. I took this picture last...

Food prices are big news all over the world and Japan is no exception. In fact, there is little upside to high food prices here, because Jap...