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| From bread to biotech products: Searching out the unlimited opportunities offered by yeast |
A supplier of yeast and an array of other food ingredients, Oriental Yeast Co., Ltd. has in recent years expanded its lineup to encompass biotech products.
The company sees its future in researching and developing the infinite possibilities in yeast. |
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| A wide variety of yeast products are necessary to make these bread products |
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Supporting the bread industry with solid technology and product quality, and innovative ideas
Oriental Yeast Co., Ltd. started business in 1929 as Japan's first manufacturer of bread yeast. In its food-related operations, Oriental Yeast commands the top market share for yeast products. It also supplies a diverse range of other ingredients including flour paste, butter cream, mayonnaise and ready-to-eat dishes to the bread and confectionery industries. The company also contributes to the revitalization of the market, such as by independently collecting and analyzing information on breads from around the world, and applying this to the development of new bakery products and making suggestions for new kinds of bread before its competitors. Oriental Yeast also provides a number of other market leading products, including salt water for Chinese noodles. |
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| Culturing Room for microbes for genetic recombination |
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Contributing to human health with biotech-related products based on years of technology and product development experience
In the 21st Century, as consumer's desire for good health continues to rise, the field of biotechnology has enormous potential. The main role of Oriental Yeast is to contribute to the field of life sciences by making the best use of its many years of expertise in yeast. It markets useful biotech proteins and useful medicinal substances extracted from yeast and other materials as ingredients, medical diagnostic materials and reagents. The company also supplies such products as yeast extracts for making culture media, and it has been involved with the testing of the safety, medicinal benefits and medicinal effects of pharmaceutical products and foodstuffs, as well as with assisting research into gene expressions and the production of genetically modified animals which is of use in genome functional analysis. |
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- Primary business areas:
- The manufacture and sale of yeast and other food ingredients, as well as ingredients for diagnostic drugs and drugs for research
- Head office:
- 3-6-10, Azusawa, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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