Future Foods Labo. -Fufura-

Fufura is a one-stop service that provides comprehensive support from food and beverage planning, recipe development, small-batch prototyping, to product commercialization.
In addition to a wide range of Toyo Seikan Group containers, we offer technologies and know-how in food processing and formulation, filling, sealing, sterilization, and preservation evaluation. By supporting development from both the container and content perspectives, we ensure quality, safety, and manufacturability, contribute to achieving deliciousness, and support new business developments from a technical perspective.
We continuously support you from the initial development stage through to commercialization, enabling smooth development of containerized products and supporting the challenge of new product development.

We provide development support to a diverse range of partners, including manufacturers without their own development capabilities, startups, and educational and research institutions. Through product development that utilizes new ingredients and local resources, reduces food waste, and promotes upcycling, we contribute to solving social issues related to food.

At Fufura, we collaborated with Toyo Seikan Group Holdings and the National Fisheries Research and Education Agency to conduct joint research on the development of canned foods targeting this species and clarifying their commercial value.
The Japanese squirrel is a closely related species to the gurnard, but because its head is large, bones are many, and there are few edible parts, it has not been fully utilized. By processing Kanagashira into edible canned products with bones, we aimed to solve these challenges and consider optimizing manufacturing conditions, aiming to balance ease of eating and deliciousness.
Through such development, we aim to enhance the added value of low-unused resources and contribute to the sustainable development of fisheries.

In Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture, wild boars captured as a measure against damage to agricultural crops are being effectively utilized as a local resource, and in collaboration with gibier business Kawakami Shokai, support is being provided for the commercialization of "Tanzawa Gibier Keema Curry."

This service has the potential to make a significant contribution to solving many social issues, and I look forward to future developments.
It is expected that they will leverage their strong technical capabilities to create even more new value.