Eating food is an essential part of human life. As a food trading company within the ITOCHU Group, we work to connect people to people and businesses to businesses through our culinary ventures.
Our business goes beyond the manufacturing and sale of products. We specialize in supplying our customers with the precise food ingredients they need, complemented by high value-added services, including innovative ideas related to food.
By leveraging the extensive network and expertise of the ITOCHU Group, we support the innovations of our food industry clients. Our ultimate goal is to become a leading company in Japan's food sector, ensuring the safety and security of all who eat.
As part of the ITOCHU Group, our company is the central hub for supplying food ingredients to our customers. For instance, in the sugar sector, ITOCHU Corporation imports raw sugar, ITOCHU Sugar is in charge of processing it, and ITOCHU Food Sales and Marketing oversees domestic distribution. Through this strategic division of roles, we efficiently meet needs for a broad range of ingredients, ensuring that our customers' requirements are met.
Our company handles a variety of imported goods, including direct imports from overseas. Leveraging the ITOCHU Group's unique and extensive network, our representatives visit suppliers and production sites around the world to ensure stable quality and obtain high-level information.
We identify and address the latent challenges and needs of diversifying markets, proposing solutions to create added value for products. Beyond the menu and recipe suggestions that the market demands, we independently provide support in the areas of logistics, food safety, quality control, and ingredient improvement. As a comprehensive coordinator of food culture, we provide valuable ideas to our customers.
We are globally working on establishing stable supply systems and providing delicious and healthy food.
moreWe uncover potential needs in the diversifying market and propose solutions to address these challenges.
We offer product development for the foodservice industry, support for private brand (PB) product development, and quality control and evaluation services.