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, it was improved to “GYoza” that can be cooked with “no oil / water” in 2002.
In autumn of last year, further improvement was done, and only pork made in Japan were started used after vegetables (made in Japan were started used). Their theme is “permanent improvement”.
It received the 2018 frozen award grand prize. Professor Suzuki of the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, an authority on Food Refrigeration Science, had a comment, “This Gyoza has a 100-point Perfect Score” at the taste of the awards committee. It’s the King of Frozen Food.
No.2 The★Chahan（ザ★チャーハン）
Release in the fall of 2015, it become a big hit and abruptly won “Frozen Award”. It became familiar by TV commercials as well. It is “THE guy-meal” and is very tasty and you can not stop once you start eating!
Many people have eaten 600 g at once, and it became a big topic. The stir-fried feeling is further strengthened, and it is also improving the fragrance with the secret of “Kogashi Negi oil” a burnt leek fravoerd oil.
No.3 ”Ajikara” Yawaraka wakadori Karaage Juwan torimomo – 「味からっ」やわらか若鶏から揚げ＜じゅわん鶏もも＞
“Yawaraka Wakadori Karaage”「やわらか若鶏から揚げ」”Deep fried soft young chicken” released in 1997 was renewed in the autumn of 2018, and it became “Ajikara” Yawaraka wakadori Karaage Juwan torimomo” 「味からっ」やわらか若鶏から揚げ＜じゅわん鶏もも＞ “Deep fried soft young chicken”[Juwan Torimomo].
At the same time, a new product
When this product was released 21 years ago, ”Yawaraka Wakadori Karaage” – Deep fried soft young chicken has a revolutionary way of appearance.
In other words, chicken side dishes with home-use frozen food at that time are mainly products such as nuggets, and deep-fried goods from full-fledged products with flesh cut and fried clothes were not in the store before that.
No.4 The★Shumai ザ★シュウマイ
Two items from “The ★” related product ranked in the best 5! !
After “The ★ fried rice” grasped the male stomach, this “★ Shumai” was released at the end of 2016. It has been only two years since its release.
Same as “The fried rice”, the actor Shun Oguri is on TVCM. His appearance of eating a heaping bowl of rice with Shumai grab the interest of not only men but also of women.
The cut of meat is exquisite, it is Shumai that tastes meatiness and meat juice. The bamboo shoot’s texture is also good.
No.5 Puri puri no Ebi Shumai プリプリのエビシューマイ
As the name suggests, it is “shrimp dumplings” that you can enjoy the texture of prawn.
People use it for table as well as lunch box. It is a staple dish alongside Gyoza.
Because it is often used for box lunches, in order to make the appearance more gorgeous, the shrimp came to be on top of the dumplings from March 2016.
They do not satisfied with usual way of making dumplings, it seems like further improvement is “top brand” spirit”.