Development and Sales of Foods with Function Claims

「In 2025, we also obtained approval as a Food for Specified Health Uses with a disease-risk-reduction claim for the fish sausage “ＤＨＡ入りリサーラソーセージＡＣＥ（エース）,” which promotes a risk-reduction effect for atherosclerotic disease.」

「The Company aims to increase the value added and sales of existing products by obtaining function claims labeling.」

「In 2024, we launched the fish sausage “ＤＨＡ入りリサーラソーセージω(オメガ),” the first product in Japan to receive approval as a Food for Specified Health Uses with a disease-risk-reduction claim, based on its potential to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, with DHA and EPA as the functional ingredients.」

「The Fine Chemicals Unit posted lower revenue and profit due to customers holding back on purchases following a review of how the Foods with Function Claims system is operated, as well as higher raw-material costs resulting from Peru’s anchovy fishing ban, among other factors.」

「The Fine Chemicals Unit posted lower revenue and profit due to customers holding back on purchases following a review of how the Foods with Function Claims system is operated, as well as higher raw-material costs resulting from Peru’s anchovy fishing ban, among other factors.」

「The Fine Chemicals Unit’s sales for health foods remained firm and progressed as planned, but the unit posted lower revenue and profit because certain products had recorded substantial sales in the same period of the previous year.」

「As the second product in the series, we developed a product design in which our refined fish oil was added to tuna tataki to ensure that it contained at least the specified amounts of DHA and EPA. In April 2023, we began selling “新鮮プレミアム 鮪たたき,” claiming an effect of reducing triglycerides.」

「The Fine Chemicals Unit posted lower revenue because shipments of active pharmaceutical ingredients were delayed, but profit increased on strong sales for health foods, centered on DHA and EPA.」

「Clinical trials confirmed that the product has functions that help improve sleep quality or energy and vitality, and its notification as a Food with Function Claims was accepted.」

「The Chemicals Unit posted higher revenue as sales of DHA and EPA and chondroitin increased, but profit declined because freeze-dried products were significantly affected by the pullback from the previous year’s surge in demand.」

「The Chemicals Unit posted higher revenue and profit as sales of DHA and EPA and pharmaceutical-grade chondroitin remained strong.」

「As part of an initiative with Beisia Co., Ltd., we considered selling products in the seafood section as Foods with Function Claims that reduce triglycerides. The notification was accepted, and sales began at Beisia stores in April 2021.」

「The Chemicals Unit posted higher profit despite revenue remaining broadly unchanged from the previous year, as sales of DHA and EPA products and freeze-dried products increased.」

「The Chemicals Unit posted lower revenue because, unlike in the same period of the previous year, there were no concentrated DHA and EPA sales. However, sales of freeze-dried products increased on higher stay-at-home demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in higher profit.」

「The Chemicals Unit posted lower revenue and profit because DHA and EPA shipments had been temporarily concentrated in the same period of the previous year, while operations at the freeze-dried plant in China were temporarily suspended due to the impact of COVID-19.」

「The Chemicals Unit posted higher revenue and profit as sales of DHA and EPA and freeze-dried products remained strong.」

「The Chemicals Unit posted higher revenue and profit as sales of DHA and EPA and freeze-dried products remained strong.」

「The Chemicals Unit posted higher revenue and profit as sales of freeze-dried products and DHA and EPA remained strong, benefiting from the Foods with Function Claims system.」

「The Chemicals Unit posted higher revenue and profit as sales of freeze-dried products and DHA and EPA remained strong, benefiting from the Foods with Function Claims system.」

「The Chemicals Unit posted higher revenue as sales of freeze-dried products and DHA and EPA remained strong, benefiting from the Foods with Function Claims system. Profit also increased, with higher DHA and EPA revenue contributing to the gain.」

「To overcome this hurdle, we conducted year-round surveys of the DHA and EPA content of kampachi, a farmed fish widely known as a representative aquaculture species, and implemented specification controls. In January 2018, this led to the acceptance of the first notification for a Food with Function Claims in the fresh-food category among fishery products.」

「The Chemicals segment’s revenue was broadly unchanged from the previous year, as it adjusted sales of protamine and DNA due in part to raw-material shortages caused by poor salmon catches. However, profit increased as DHA and EPA sales remained strong, benefiting from the Foods with Function Claims system.」

「The Chemicals segment reported strong DHA and EPA sales, benefiting from the Foods with Function Claims system, but posted lower revenue and profit due to a decline in health food exports.」

「Although the Chemicals segment reported lower revenue due to a decline in health food exports, profit increased as sales of DHA and EPA remained strong, benefiting from the Foods with Function Claims system, as they had the previous year.」

「Based on the results of our many years of research into DHA and EPA, health-related ingredients derived from fish oil, we moved quickly to develop Foods with Function Claims. As a result, we successively developed the industry’s and categories’ first Foods with Function Claims. As of April 2017, the Consumer Affairs Agency had accepted notifications for a total of 12 products: 7 products containing DHA and EPA as the functional ingredients and claiming to reduce triglycerides, and 5 products containing DHA as the functional ingredient and supporting memory function. Six of these products have already been launched.」

「The company has pursued its growth strategy, including expanding the fully farmed tuna business, increasing earnings in global operations, and launching new products that provide new value.」

「The Chemicals segment posted higher revenue and profit, driven by strong sales of DHA and EPA products amid the tailwind from the Foods with Function Claims system, as well as increased exports of cosmetics and health foods to Hong Kong in response to rising demand in the Chinese market.」

「The Chemicals segment posted higher revenue and profit, driven by strong sales of DHA and EPA products amid the tailwind from the Foods with Function Claims system, as well as increased exports of cosmetics and health foods to Hong Kong in response to rising demand in the Chinese market.」

「As of April 2016, the Consumer Affairs Agency had accepted notifications for a total of 11 products: 6 products containing DHA and EPA as functional ingredients and claimed to help lower triglycerides, and 5 products containing DHA as a functional ingredient and claimed to support memory function. Of these, 6 products had already been launched.」