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March 16, 2021 Otsuka Foods Co., Ltd.

Otsuka Foods to Release Sweet and Savory Soy Crackers in the Shizen Shokkan SOY Series

A Positive Way for Health-Conscious People to Snack An Easy Way to Replenish Protein in a Daily Snack In Stores across Japan on March 22, 2021

TOKYO, Japan, March 16, 2021—Otsuka Foods Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chuo Ward, Osaka; President: Koichi Shiraishi) announced today that it will start selling “Daizu Karinto Kuromitsu Aji” (Brown Sugar Syrup Flavor Sweet Soy Crackers), “Daizu Karinto Caramel Aji” (Caramel Flavor Sweet Soy Crackers), “Daizu Arare Shoyu Aji” (Soy Sauce Flavor Savory Soy Crackers), and “Daizu Arare Sarada Aji” ( Salt Flavor Savory Soy Crackers) as part of its Shizen Shokkan SOY series of soybean snacks across Japan on March 22, 20 21.

With people becoming more health conscious in recent years, pro tein has been attracting a lot of attention. Also, as people spend more time at home due to changes in lifestyle, there are more opportunities to snack between meals. The Shizen Shokkan SOY series is a lineup of soybean * snacks that designed to satisfy this consumer demand, providing an easy way to get protein while snacking.

Both the new Sweet Soy Crackers and Savory Soy Crackers are healthy non-fried snacks that enable convenient consumption of protein as well as isoflavones and calcium while enjoying them as a daily snack. Made in easy-to-eat, bite-size pieces, they have a delightfully crispy crunch. In order to encourage customers of a wide range of ages to give them a try, the naming makes it clear that soybeans are an ingredient and the packages have a Japanese -style design.

The Shizen Shokkan SOY series offers health-conscious people a positive way to snack based on the concept of “using delicious and fu n ingredient textures to make the body happy.”

* Made with soybean puffs.