Food Science Japan

Ever since the rainy season ended, it has been very hot here in Japan - even hotter than usual. Not surprisingly some food items sell well w...

Ito en is coming out next month with a canned water product which touts naturally high levels of hydrogen, which it claims can act as an an...

One of the best science programs focusing on health and nutrition is Australia's The Health Report, which is also podcast. Last week, bo...

Here is an article about a new Recaldent gum which is going to be introduced next month called "Kamu Power" or "Chewing Powe...

Kirin announced a new entry in the "Dai-3-Beer" (3rd beer) category called Kirin Smooth (which will go on sale in early September...

With food prices, and especially dairy prices, so high it should come as no surprise that substitutes are now being considered. In yesterday...

There was an article in the evening edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun, that I did not see until after my posting on eel (unagi). It concerns o...

There is an interesting feature in daily The Japan Food Journal (Japanese language) on July 23rd about musenmai, which is rice that does not...

This year the days to eat unagi (eel) are July 24th and August 5th. The days are called 土用の丑の日（Doyo no uchi no hi) - sometimes called Eel Da...

There is an article on Nikkei Trendy about the new nikuman (manju) lineup being introduced by Circle K Sunkus in August. I find this very i...