Japanese Frozen Food Q & A

◇ What are the major frozen food manufacturers in Japan? Nichirei Foods, Ajinomoto Frozen Foods, Maruha Nichiro, TableMark, Nippon Suisan, etc. ◇ How many frozen foods are sold every year in Japan? For home use, there are more than 20 major and mid-sized manufacturers, and a total of more than 300 new products are being developed in one year. For commercial use, it is not possible to obtain accurate figures. This is because there are quite a lot of OEM products (specification order products) in addition to the products released by NB. ◇ What is the annual sales of frozen foods in Japan? Only the production value (factory shipment value) […]

Attracting Olympians, the best GYOZA in the world

“the best GYOZA in the world” Do you know the menu that was said to be “the best in the world” at the TOKYO 2020 Olympic Village? Yes, it’s frozen food! It was Ajinomoto Frozen product “Gyoza”. In fact, this product has maintained the number one sales of frozen household foods in Japan for 10 years. Its sales are over 20 billion yen, and the annual shipment volume is 100 million packs (12 pieces per pack). Gyoza is a “representative player” of the dim sum menu of Chinese food, but in Japan, the “fried” type gyoza is overwhelmingly popular, while steamed or boiled gyoza is common in China. Of course, […]

【Best 5 by Brand】AJINOMOTO FROZEN FOOD Co., Inc.

The most recent sales ranking of Best 5 of each popular brands for household frozen foods. First of all, we introduce you “sales Best 5” of Ajinomoto frozen foods. The company manufactures “Aji” Gyoza ” which is the 1st ranked sales among frozen foods. No. 1　Gyoza（ギョーザ） Among the number of household frozen foods (roughly 10,000 items are around), it boasts 15th consecutive sales first place. Not limited to frozen foods, Japan’s best as a gyoza product! And it is written in the package. It was released in 1972 and has a history of 46 years. In 1997, it was improved to “Gyoza” which can be cooked with “no oil”. Moreover, […]

Gyoza (Dumplings)

◆Gyoza (Dumplings) Ajinomoto Frozen Food http://www.ffa.ajinomoto.com/ This is the most popular frozen food product with Japanese consumers. Of course these taste very good, and when you cooked them you’d find surprising technology of Japanese food industry. When you fry the dumplings, you don’t need oil nor water for steaming. Why you get non-stick and well cooking ? Because each dumplings has functional water(ice and flour) for steaming and oil for baking at the bottom. What a surprise! Then everybody can cook without failure.