Produce & Foodstuffs

Import of wines and the manufacture and sale of chocolate

Silo business

The Produce & Foodstuffs Division carries out various business operations in its grain business, which handles such products as livestock feeds, oilseeds, rice and wheat, and raw sugars, as well as in the foodstuffs business, which handles general foodstuffs such as food ingredients and prepared frozen foods.

The main strength of our grain business is our feed processing complexes, centered on four grain silos in Japan. We supply grains via a dedicated pipeline, which extends from silos with piers that enable transversal docking of large ships to formula feed makers situated further inland. In terms of volume, we are the top-ranking handler of feed grain in Japan.

We have also cultivated our own efficient proprietary trading channels that include importing wheat from the United States and other countries and selling flour in China and Southeast Asia, as we build a comprehensive value chain.

Regarding foodstuffs, we are developing various food processing businesses that utilize our domestic and overseas processing bases in keeping with efforts to respond to a diversity of needs.

In the future, we will keep expanding our business worldwide through our international business networks.

Additionally, we are working to strengthen our food safety management system. We have established a Food Safety Promotion Office within the Produce & Foodstuffs Division and are also making progress in upgrading our food safety management functions, including traceability.