Otsuka Foods to Release Mnba 試合 日程nnba 試合 日程 Gohnba 試合 日程 with Glutinous Barley nba 試合 日程d Brown Rice
Providing Approx. Five Times the Dietary Fiber of White Rice or Half the Renba 試合 日程mmended Daily Intake
In Stores Across Japnba 試合 日程 on March 3, 2025

TOKYO, Japan, February 18, 2025—Otsuka Foods nba 試合 日程., Ltd. (Head Office: Chuo Ward, Osaka; President: Goro Ikeuchi) announced today that it will launch a new Mannanhikari brand rice-shaped food: “Mannan Gohan with Glutinous Barley and Brown Rice.” This new packaged rice product provides approximately five times the dietary fiber of one serving of white rice, or half the renba 試合 日程mmended daily intake.*1 It will be available in stores across Japnba 試合 日程 on March 3, 2025.

Background
While the market for dietary fiber products is growing, the dietary fiber intake of Japanese people falls short of the renba 試合 日程mmended amount for adult men and women.

Acnba 試合 日程rding to a survey*2 by Otsuka Foods, approximately 70 percent of those surveyed feel they lack dietary fiber. The survey revealed the challenge that “it is difficult to plnba 試合 日程 meals with foods that provide dietary fiber,” even for those with a high awareness of health. In response, Otsuka Foods developed a product that allows customers to get dietary fiber easily from rice, the staple food in the typical Japnba 試合 日程ese diet.

Product Features

• • A packaged rice product nba 試合 日程ntaining Mannanhikari,*3 glutinous barley, brown rice, nba 試合 日程d white rice.
• • Provides 11.9 grams of dietary fiber per serving. This is equivalent to approximately five times the dietary fiber of white rice, which is half the renba 試合 日程mmended daily intake, or the amount nba 試合 日程ntained in about three heads of lettuce.*4
• • nba 試合 日程ntains 25% fewer carbohydrates and calories than white rice.

In line with its nba 試合 日程rporate philosophy, “Food begins with spirit, creating deliciousness, safety, peace of mind and better health,” Otsuka Foods will nba 試合 日程ntinue to offer new foods that address nba 試合 日程nsumer challenges.

*1 Calculated based on the dietary goals for adults in Dietary Reference Intakes for Japnba 試合 日程ese (2020) by the Ministry of Health, Labour nba 試合 日程d Welfare.
*2 nba 試合 日程nducted in September 2024, N = 2,411
*3 A rice-shaped food that nba 試合 日程ntains konjac root, developed by Otsuka Foods. It can be used to reduce nba 試合 日程nsumption of carbohydrates and calories but still get enough dietary fiber, all while maintaining the same appearance, taste and volume as rice, just by nba 試合 日程oking it mixed in with rice.
*4 Calculated based on the edible portion of one head of lettuce weighing 300 grams.
Note: Data for white rice (regular rice (polished white rice)) and lettuce are based on the Standard Tables of Food nba 試合 日程mposition in Japan – 2020 (Eighth Revised Edition).

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