Nutrition and Health
Overview
Our Group is working towards the theme of "good taste, health, and low burden" in order to achieve our vision for the future, "Joy for Life®-Bringing joy to the future by food."
As dietary needs become more diverse and health-conscious, we aim to contribute to nutritional intake and management through the use of nutritional components extracted during the oil manufacturing process. In addition, by combining a variety of ingredients and utilizing our unique technology, we aim to provide delicious, low-impact nutritional intake and contribute to maintaining people's health.
Attempt
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Development and sales of health-conscious products
We promote the inherent nutritional value of oil and are promoting the development and sale of health-conscious products.
For example, we sell JOYL "AJINOMOTO Healthy Sarara®," a food for specified health uses that lowers LDL cholesterol in the blood, JOYL "AJINOMOTO Perilla oil" and JOYL "AJINOMOTO Flaxseed oil," which are rich in omega-3 (n-3 fatty acids), etc. We also sell JOYL "AJINOMOTO Daily®- Flaxseed oil," the first functional food in Japan to be registered for its skin-related functions due to alphalinolenic acid, and JOYL "AJINOMOTO Kenko Plus," a functional food rich in vitamin E, a nutrient that protects lipids in the body from oxidation and helps maintain cellular health.
edible oils is not only one of the three major nutrients, but is also expected to have various health functions, including fat-soluble trace components. -
Contributing to society through health and nutrition through materials and technology
We have commercialized oils and fats and powders containing vitamin K2, an important ingredient for bone formation and maintaining healthy blood vessels. Our vitamin K2 "menatto®" is a natural type extracted from bacillus natto, and is specially deodorized using our own technology, so it can be used in a variety of foods without affecting the taste or odor. Recently, with the rise in health consciousness and the aging population, there has been an increase in demand from people at a wide range of life stages, including active seniors. By reconsidering the nutritional value born from the blessings of nature, such as proposing efficient calorie intake through "oil" and providing naturally derived vitamin K2 to maintain bone formation and healthy blood vessels, we will approach various social issues such as malnutrition in the elderly and the decline in quality of life (QOL) due to frailty.
We are also developing low-salt ingredients that utilize oils and fats. We were the first in Japan to commercialize an oils and fats product that utilizes the phenomenon that "oil affects the five tastes through cooking." We are proposing a solution approach that makes use of Good taste of oils to "reduce salt," which tends to impair Good taste. We are also conducting research into the health functions of polyphenols, the flavor components of olive oil.
With "oil" as our starting point, we will continue to contribute to maintaining people's health.