MannanLife
MannanLife Co., Ltd. (株式会社マンナンライフ, Kabushiki Gaisha Mannan Raifu) is a company in Japan that sells "Konnyaku Batake" fruit-flavoured konnyaku jelly. MannanLife holds a 60 to 70 percent share of the konnyaku jelly market in Japan.[2]
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| Industry | food processing |
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| Founded | September 1964[1] |
| Headquarters | Tomioka, Gunma, Japan |
| Products | Konnyaku jelly |
Number of employees | 144 (as of 1 April 2020)[1] |
| Website | http://www.mannanlife.co.jp/ |
Headquarters of MannanLife in Tomioka
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Ume-flavoured "Konnyaku Batake" made by MannanLife
Sales of "Konnyaku Batake" were suspended from 8 October 2008 after it was reported that 17 children and elderly people in Japan had choked to death on konnyaku jelly since 1995.[2] In 2009 they released the product Lala Crush.[1]
References
- "Corporate Overview". MannanLife Co., Ltd. Retrieved 27 May 2020. (in Japanese)
- Article at the Japan Times, "Food maker pulls 'konnyaku' sweets", 9 October 2008. Retrieved on 13 October 2008.
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